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Losing the New China: A Story of American Commerce, Desire, and Betrayal
Ethan Gutmann
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paperback. Reveals how and why US corporations helped replace the Goddess of Democracy that once stood in Tiananmen Square with the Gods of Mammon and Mars that dominate China. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPR; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Arriving in Beijing in 1998 along with other Americans searching for the riches of the new China, Ethan Gutmann rapidly made his way into the expatriate community of American entrepreneurs. For them, Beijing was an Open City inside a controlled world. Entering this well-catered equivalent of a corporate boot camp, Gutmann was indoctrinated in the creed that China's growing strength presented untapped opportunities for profit and expansion. American entrepreneurs might say -- and even believe -- that they were bringing freedom to China, but they were actually engaged in what Gutmann calls "climbing the Gold Mountain." Over the next three ... Read more
Arriving in Beijing in 1998 along with other Americans searching for the riches of the new China, Ethan Gutmann rapidly made his way into the expatriate community of American entrepreneurs. For them, Beijing was an Open City inside a controlled world. Entering this well-catered equivalent of a corporate boot camp, Gutmann was indoctrinated in the creed that China's growing strength presented untapped opportunities for profit and expansion. American entrepreneurs might say -- and even believe -- that they were bringing freedom to China, but they were actually engaged in what Gutmann calls "climbing the Gold Mountain." Over the next three ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Encounter Books United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594031229
SKU
V9781594031229
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