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Writers on business in China

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The majority of writers on business in China are Chinese authors, writing in Chinese for Chinese audiences. Others include western "old China hands" and journalists.

Chinese authors

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Notable Chinese business authors include academics such as Li Yining, Disequilibrium in the Chinese Economy (1990),[1] as well as media pundits such as businessman Ni Runfeng.[2]

Western authors

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Since the economic opening of China, several of the first generation of Western businessmen in China have also written accounts of their experiences:

  • Tim Clissold Mr. China: A Memoir 2006 2nd.Ed. 2010, on running Jack Perkowski's Asimco.
  • Jack Perkowski Managing the Dragon: How I’m Building a Billion Dollar Business in China 2008

Others have been written by journalists:

Related is the category of business fiction such as the novel of John D. Kuhns China Fortunes: A Tale of Business in the New World 2010[5]

References

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  1. ^ Biographical dictionary of new Chinese entrepreneurs and business Page 128 Wenxian Zhang, Ilan Alon - 2009 Li, Yining b. 1930) As a prominent scholar of economics, Li Yining has made remarkable contributions to the theoretic ... Li Yining has frequently been asked to participate in lectures and seminars across China and abroad."
  2. ^ Biographical dictionary of new Chinese entrepreneurs and business Page 128 Wenxian Zhang, Ilan Alon - 2009 "Ni is a TV business guru in China. Under his leadership, the 36,000-employee company became the number one TV supplier and the leading brand name in ... Despite the setback, Ni is still nicknamed 'General Patton' in Chinese business."
  3. ^ Mann A Case Study of Western Business in China. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. xix Mann, 1997.
  4. ^ Business week: Issues 3958-3965 2005 "Like the best China business books, including Jim Mann's Beijing Jeep and Tim Clissold's Mr. China: A Memoir, McGregor's volume is both colorful and cautionary, offering sound prescriptions for Westerners. One Billion Customers begins ..."
  5. ^ China Fortunes: A Tale of Business in the New World – Page xi J. D. Kuhns – 2011 "While based on my own experiences, China Fortunes is fiction; the majority of the novel's characters are fictitious, and any resemblance in name, description, or action they may ... John D. Kuhns Lime Rock, Connecticut November 2010"