Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Han, Anna. Doing Business in China: Cases and Materials (American Casebooks). Eagen,
MN: West Academics, 2012. This topic might be a textbook, but it's well put together
and makes a great general reference book for those operating businesses in China. The
book covers key trade issues between China and the United States, such as intellectual
property rights and trade deficits, recent political history, and many laws and regulations.
McGregor, Richard. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers. New York:
Harper Perennial, 2012. This is a spirited read about China's governmental power and
how it has put its mark on everything in the country today. Fascinating for anyone want-
ing to know where China is headed and for anyone who is interested in how the regime
has held and continues to hold its Communist grip on a modern Chinese society.
Sandhaus, Derek. Tales of Old Peking. Hong Kong: China Economic Review Publishing
Ltd., 2009. Sandhaus builds a picture of old Beijing, not through narrative but by pulling
together an enormous array of articles, illustrations, photographs, and excerpts, and
quotes from diplomats, emperors, sinologists, and visitors. It shows how life was then,
and how very remote that is from what life and attitudes are like today in modern Beijing.
Scocca, Tom. Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future. New York:
Riverhead Hardcover, 2011. One man's perspective on a diverse and rapidly changing
city, set during the frenetic buildup to the Olympic Games in 2008. Keenly observing the
city's many oddities and strengths, Scocca reports on interviews with architects, weather
scientists, and many other experts assigned to ensure the Games' success. An interesting
insight into how things can be managed in a modern Communist country.
Xinran. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices. New York: Anchor, 2003. Former
Beijing journalist Xinran began broadcasting an evening radio program in 1989, inviting
people to share their personal stories and concerns by calling in or writing letters. At the
time, such a show was unheard of and was naturally controversial as well as enthusiast-
ically welcomed by women who had never before had a place in which to air their griev-
ances or discuss personal issues. Xinran's book is inspiring, saddening, amusing, uplift-
ing, shocking, and awakening.
ONLINE RESOURCES AND READING
Baidu Beat, http://beat.baidu.com . Baidu's English blog, Baidu Beat gives you an insight
into what Chinese Internet users are looking for online.
Beijing Cream, http://beijingcream.com . News blog of what's happening in Beijing and
around China.
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