Noted Asia experts Harry Harding and David Denoon will address the question of whether China's emergence as a global economic power represents an opportunity or a threat.

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BOOKS

One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China
by James McGregor (2006)
With a population of 1.3 billion people, China's market is moving quickly toward surpassing those of North America and Europe combined. Former Wall Street Journal China bureau chief turned successful corporate executive, James McGregor, explains how business in China is conducted.

China : The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know Now About the Emerging Superpower
by Fred Bergsten… [et al.] (2006)
A fact filled narrative about this 21st century international power and the world’s most dynamic economy.

The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and its Impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job
by Oded Shenkar (2005)
According to Shenkar, the rise of China as "the world's factory" is challenging present economic theories and global political assumptions. He explains why the U.S. is most vulnerable to its ascent and why China's growth differs from that of Japan and other Asian tiger economies.

China Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World
by Ted C. Fishman (2005)
Will China soon own the world? "The opportunities now in China are too big to miss," writes business journalist Fishman in his timely look at the Pacific Rim's most powerful economic tiger (Kirkus Reviews)


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