End of Cheap China, Revised and Updated

"REIN MASTERFULLY CAPTURES WHERE [CONSUMERS] HAVE BEEN AND
WHERE THEY DREAM OF GOING." --FORTUNE

PRAISE FOR THE END OF CHEAP CHINA

"Brilliantly written." --Financial
Times

"Rein combines elegant writing and methodical research.
Years of working in China have given him access to important
players. Incisive interviews with billionaires, business
executives, government officials, and migrant workers guide the
pulse of the narrative . . . essential reading."
--USA Today

"Engaging. Full of vivid anecdotes from Chinese
billionaires to senior party officials and even prostitutes. For
any foreigners thinking about doing business in the Middle Kingdom,
The End of Cheap China is a good place to start."
--Reuters

"Must-read." --Consulting
Magazine

"A lively read." --Straits
Times

"An inside look." --Industry
Week

"Compelling, engaging, informative."
--The Cayman Islands Journal

"Lively, well-written book." --South
China Morning Post

"Engaging, highly readable style with real-life examples
from vast catalog of China research. For good measure, Rein wedded
into China's elite, marrying the granddaughter of 1980s
Politburo chairman Marshal Ye Jianying" --Asia
Times

Autorentext

SHAUN REIN is the founder and Managing Director of the
China Market Research Group, a leading strategic market
intelligence firm that advises Fortune 500 companies, private
equity firms, and hedge funds about profiting in China. Millions
read his weekly CNBC column on business in China. He regularly
appears on Bloomberg TV, MSNBC, BBC, CNN, and NPR, and is often
featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial
Times, and the New York Times.

Zusammenfassung

REIN MASTERFULLY CAPTURES WHERE [CONSUMERS] HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THEY DREAM OF GOING. FORTUNE

PRAISE FOR THE END OF CHEAP CHINA

Brilliantly written. Financial Times

Rein combines elegant writing and methodical research. Years of working in China have given him access to important players. Incisive interviews with billionaires, business executives, government officials, and migrant workers guide the pulse of the narrative . . . essential reading. USA Today

Engaging. Full of vivid anecdotes from Chinese billionaires to senior party officials and even prostitutes. For any foreigners thinking about doing business in the Middle Kingdom, The End of Cheap China is a good place to start. Reuters

Must-read. Consulting Magazine

A lively read. Straits Times

An inside look. Industry Week

Compelling, engaging, informative. The Cayman Islands Journal

Lively, well-written book. South China Morning Post

Engaging, highly readable style with real-life examples from vast catalog of China research. For good measure, Rein wedded into China's elite, marrying the granddaughter of 1980s Politburo chairman Marshal Ye Jianying Asia Times

Inhalt

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 Chinese Billionaires Outnumber American Ones 1

Chapter 2 Cheap Chinese Labor? Not Anymore: China's
Workers Are Demanding Better Pay and Better Conditions--And
They Are Earning Them 19

Chapter 3 Stability Is the Key to Happiness: How China's
Government Thinks and Why It Acts the Way It Does 39

Chapter 4 The Modern Chinese Woman 63

Chapter 5 Why Chinese Consider Kentucky Fried Chicken Healthful:
China's Iffy Food Supply Chain Is Putting a Premium on Safe
Food 85

Chapter 6 Understanding Corruption in China: What China's
Underground Sex Trade Shows about Its Government 103

Chapter 7 China's Real Estate Sector: Boom or Bust or
Something Else? 125

Chapter 8 Chinese Neo-Colonialism in Africa and the End of
American Hegemony? 147

Chapter 9 China's Educational Sector: Preventing China
from Cementing Its Superpower Status 171

Chapter 10 What the End of Cheap China Means for the Rest of the
World 189

Epilogue 203

Postscript 205

Acknowledgments 209

Index 211