Notable China Business Books

The Big Picture

Jonathan Spence, To Change China: Western Advisers in China (Penguin, 1980).        

Agnus Maddison,
Growth and Interaction in the World Economy (AEI Press, 2005).         

Will China Hold?

Barry Naughton and Dali Yang, eds., Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in
Post-Deng China
(Cambridge University Press, 2004).       

Gordon Chang,
The Coming Collapse of China (Random House, 2001).   

William Overholt,
The Rise of China: How Economic Reform Is Creating a New Superpower (W.W.
Norton, 1994).         

Personal Experiences and Case Studies

James McGregor, One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China
(Free Press, 2005)        

Tim Clissold,
Mr. China: A Memoir (Collins, 2005).       

Ethan Gutmann, L
osing the New China: A Story of American Commerce, Desire and Betrayal
(Encounter Books, 2004).         

Donald Sull and Yong Wang,
Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from
Trailblazing Chinese Entrepreneurs
(HBS Press, 2005).        

Jeannie J. Yi and Shawn X. Ye,
The Haier Way: The Making of a Chinese Business Leader and a
Global Brand
(Homa & Sekey Books, 2003).

Contrasting Perspectives

Joe Studwell, The China Dream: The Quest for the Last Great Untapped Market on Earth (Grove
Press, 2003).         

Oded Shenkar,
The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the Global
Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job
(Wharton, 2005).         

Ted Fishman,
China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World
(Scribner, 2005).         

Practical Guides

Andrew Williamson, Living and Working in China: The Complete, Practical Guide to Living as an
Expatriate in the People's Republic
(How to Books, 2005)    

John Chan,
China Streetsmart: What You MUST Know to be Effective and Profitable in China
(Prentice Hall, 2003).        

Scott Seligman,
Chinese Business Etiquette (Warner Books, 1999).        

Harvard Business Review on Doing Business in China (HBS Press, 2004).     

Also worth noting:

Clyde Prestowitz,
Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East.
Basic Books, 2005.

Governance and Regulation

Andrew Mertha, The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary
China.
 Cornell University Press, 2005.

Dali L. Yang,
Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in
China
.  Stanford University Press, 2004.
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