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Recommended Resources on
China
By Jian Li
- Online, Radio and TV -
NPR, PBS and
BBC produce substantive series-style reports on
China
that provide an up-to-date look at the country.
Young China
from BBC's
The World
radio program.
Vignettes
about young individuals.
Young China Audio Series
PBS Frontline series,
Faces of
a New Era
.
PBS writes,
"Filmed over the course of three years, "
China in the Red" follows 10
Chinese individuals...caught up in
China 's sweeping efforts to
transform itself from a communist society to a global market
economy." Read text or watch video online.
Faces of a New Era
- Books: Touring, Working and
Living -
In the Know In China - An Indispensable
Cross-Cultural Guide to Working and Living in China
by Jennifer Phillips, 2003
Well
organized and informative, this book covers Chinese culture, language,
political system and business environment, as well as tips for touring,
working or living in China .
It also comes with a Mandarin language CD.
Lonely Planet
China
by Damian
Harperm Andrew Burke and Julie Grundvig, 2007
Updated and
detailed information on what to see and do in
China
as a tourist. The book provides readers with excellent tips, texts,
pictures and maps. Lonely Planet is known as an excellent resource for
"off the tourist trail" sights.
- Books: History and Culture -
China
Road
:
A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
by Bob Gifford,
2007, Random House
A highly
readable and informative book on what is happening in
China .
The author, a National Public Radio
China correspondent from
1999 to 2005, wrote this book after journeying six weeks and 3000
miles, speaking with hundreds of Chinese people, from "hookers to
truckers". What the book lacks in academic depth is compensated
for in its vivid, insightful journalistic impression of
China
today.
China
- A New History
by John King
Fairbank and Merle Goldman, 2006.
Harvard University
Press
John
Fairbank is a highly respected scholar of Chinese history and culture.
The main text by Fairbank covers
China from its pre-history
to 1976. The last chapter, "The Post-Mao Reform Era", is
written by Merle Goldman, a
China expert and student of
Fairbank's. With a comparative perspective and an excellent
bibliography, it is a good introduction to Chinese history and culture
and can serve both as a textbook and a general reference book on
China .
- Books: Economy, Business and
Culture -
The China
Executive: Marrying Western and Chinese Strengths to Generate
Profitability from Your Investment in
China
by Wei Wang, 2006
Having
studied and worked both in
China and the West, Wang is
one of few truly bi-cultural persons who understands how Chinese think
and behave differently from Westerners. The book is a practical guide
to narrow the cultural divide between
China and the West. This is
an outstanding book that combines theory with practical solutions for
doing business in China
and beyond.
One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front
Lines of Doing Business in
China
by James McGregor, 2005
McGregor has
spent nearly two decades as a journalist and business executive in
China .
This book provides many case studies to illustrate challenges,
opportunities and tips for doing business in
China . It paints a somewhat
dark picture of the Chinese political and social systems.
For more book suggestions and resources, please go to
http://connecttochina.net/resources.html
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