This book was my favorite read last year. Ms. Chen writes excellent short stories, and this book contains ten of them. They are all fascinating, leaving the reader hungry for more.
Further, each of these stories reveals something interesting and worth knowing about life in the People's Republic of China. Ms. Chen has created some wonderful metaphors to aid her in describing that life. These metaphors not only provide insight, but they are highly entertaining as well and—in my opinion—on the mark. I think that she really "gets it."
A dazzling debut collection which, deftly and urgently, tells the stories of those living in the biggest and most complicated country on earth.
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'In this magnificent collection of stories, the author vividly captures the desires and losses of a richly drawn cast while drawing on the realities of contemporary China' Cosmopolitan
A brother competes for gaming glory while his twin sister exposes the dark side of the Communist government on her underground blog; a worker at a government call centre is alarmed one day to find herself speaking to a former…
This was my second favorite book. Ms. Allen's book is all about the various ways in which the Chinese Communist Party seeks to influence the course of events in other countries, especially in the U.S.
It is insightful and incredible. You will definitely be surprised. I believe that the information she shares is accurate, based on the extent of her research, my own personal experience, and the extent to which her claims have been corroborated by other researchers who have been writing on this topic in the past few years. In my view, her book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand China in the context of geopolitics in the 21st century.
'Allen has shown remarkable courage in writing this . . . A disturbing, insightful book about China's hidden, multitiered war-and how the West can fight back' Kirkus Reviews
The remarkable story of China's two-decade quest for global dominance.
For several decades China's ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of quiet coercion. Stories of the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian reach are breathtaking - the gagging of sports stars and huge Western brands; Hollywood self-censorship; infrastructure deals in exchange for political loyalty in multilateral organizations; and of course - communications firms. But these are just the most…
This was my third favorite book. It provides an accurate and concise history of the semiconductor industry and its role in modern geopolitics. Mr. Miller has treated a highly complex topic with precision yet rendered it understandable to the lay reader.
His book helps the reader understand the role of the various competitors, both companies and countries and why the competition between them matters. It would be difficult to understand the world today without knowing what this author tells us.
***Winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year award***
'Pulse quickening. A nonfiction thriller - equal parts The China Syndrome and Mission Impossible' New York Times
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control the world's most critical resource-microchip technology
Power in the modern world - military, economic, geopolitical - is built on a foundation of computer chips. America has maintained its lead as a superpower because it has dominated advances in computer chips and all the technology that chips have enabled. (Virtually everything runs on chips: cars, phones, the stock market, even the electric grid.) Now…
Any of us may be called to lead, for a short time or a longer one, in a large or small group, and almost all of us are capable. I wrote this book with leaders of all kinds of organizations in mind. This book’s basic principles apply to leaders across a wide variety of organization types and sizes.
When I joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1990, it was a startup. Ten years later, I passed my CEO baton on to my successor, Greg Becker. Today, under Greg’s leadership, it is one of the largest banks in the US.
I believe that the stories and principles elucidated in the book apply to every part of this journey from startup to global bank.
