Just read an article in the Business section of the L.A. Times (Sunday, March 12th) called "Narrow Slices of an Enormous Subject". Three books are featured with varied approaches to China "leaving little doubt about the bold ambitions of its leaders and entrepereneurs", according to Rahul Jacob's article. Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China by Rachel DeWoskin. This book is about the author's experience moonlighting as an actress on a steamy soap opera on Chinese television. The second one, One Billion Customers by James McGregor, relates China's efforts to gain the extradition of Lai Changxing, a peasant-turned-tycoon accused of smuggling, after his arrest in Vancouver, Canada. He goes on to say "decades of social chaos, political purges and wrenching Maoist manipulation created a government operating culture in which bludgeoning your opponent into submission and then taking the spoils is a way of life." The third book, Operation Yao Ming , I will buy for the trip. Jacob cites that "it is full of business lessons and is a tale of social engineering bordering on quackery as much as sport." Sounds interesting! So...let's post the book title and participant's name for a Book List going on the trip! It would be great to share going and coming on our long plane ride!
Operation Yao Ming---Denise Clement
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