Book description
What’s Wrong with China is the most cogent, insightful and penetrating examination I have read on the paradoxes and self-deceptions of Modern China, written by someone who has lived in the country and dealt with it day to day for decades. This book will be hated by the commissars, because it is a triumph of analysis and good sense.
—PAUL THEROUX
I sure wish I’d read this book before heading to China—or Chinatown, for that matter. China runs on an entirely different operating system—both commercial and personal. Midler’s clear, clever analysis and illuminating, often hilarious tales foster not only understanding but respect.
—MARY ROACH
From the Back Cover
What’s Wrong with China is the widely anticipated follow-up to Paul Midler’s Poorly Made in China, an exposé of China manufacturing practices. Applying a wider lens in this account, he reveals many of the deep problems affecting Chinese society as a whole. Once again, Midler delivers the goods by rejecting commonly held notions, breaking down old myths, and providing fresh explanations of lesser-understood cultural phenomena.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- CHAPTER 1: The Pirate Ship
- CHAPTER 2: A Mania for Money
- CHAPTER 3: Blush of Shame
- CHAPTER 4: Beating the System
- CHAPTER 5: Intermediaries
- CHAPTER 6: Dulled Senses
- CHAPTER 7: Emotional Negotiators
- CHAPTER 8: Oliver Wendell Holmes
- CHAPTER 9: Chemicals, Guns, and Gimcracks
- CHAPTER 10: Sinocentric Thinking
- CHAPTER 11: “That's My Hand”
- CHAPTER 12: Lack of Conscience
- CHAPTER 13: Tacit Collusion
- CHAPTER 14: Networked Behaviors
- CHAPTER 15: Partner on the Deal
- CHAPTER 16: Self‐Regulating Empire
- CHAPTER 17: Corps de Ballet
- CHAPTER 18: Informal Paradox
- CHAPTER 19: Brown Numbers
- CHAPTER 20: Reform, Reform, Reform
- CHAPTER 21: The Dynastic Cycle
- CHAPTER 22: Nibble, Nibble…
- CHAPTER 23: The Social Order
- CHAPTER 24: Cat's Paws and Telegraphed Punches
- CHAPTER 25: The Great Absorber
- CHAPTER 26: Kleptoparasitism
- CHAPTER 27: Cleaning the Slate
- CHAPTER 28: Massacred in Business
- CHAPTER 29: The China Watchers
- CHAPTER 30: Isolationist Past
- CHAPTER 31: The Benefit of the Doubt
- KEEPING IN TOUCH
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: What's Wrong with China
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2017
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119213710
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