Acknowledgments
This book will see the world thanks to cooperation and support from many colleagues and friends.
Frank-Jurgen Richter, chairman of Horasis and the host of Global China Business Meetings, provided valuable intellectual input and much assistance in my research in Europe, offering a wonderful opportunity to participate in Horasis projects.
In Asia, I am always happy to work at INSEAD, Singapore. I am grateful to Professors Hellmut Schutte and Michael Witt, as well as the Tanoto Library staff who provided such opportunities.
Here in Japan, I am especially grateful to Mr. Shin’ichi Suzuki, president of the Ad Post Company, and a person with remarkable experience in regard to working in China, for supporting and encouraging my research and writing activities and providing invaluable advice.
Ken’ichi Imai, a Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Stanford University and Professor Emeritus of the Hitotsubashi University, has been one of the most important economists in Japan and beyond, since the start of my modest career. His writings and all our discussions provided a unique intellectual stimulus.
I’d like to say thank you to the Chuo University and especially to Professor Kenji Takita for inviting me to take part in research projects and international conferences on Asia that helped to solidify the concept of this book.
Many thanks for sharing thoughts and encouraging me to write on Asian and global issues to my old friend Hideaki Yamakawa, currently professor at the Kanazawa ...
