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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nReinventing the Chinese City<\/a>, Richard Hu<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nSince the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanisation ever witnessed. It\u2019s a story largely understood as one of growth, rapid development and economic dynamism. But it could also be seen as a tale of sprawl, bad planning and alienation. Now all the talk is of \u2018quality\u2019 in urban planning and city studies. In his book Reinventing the Chinese City<\/em>, Richard Hu, a professor at the Canberra Business School, looks at the changes in China\u2019s cities since 2010 and dares to make some bold predictions about the future. In the past, Hu has written about Shenzhen, as well as comparing Chinese cities to the rapid urban growth in other Asian countries. This latest work perhaps points the way to the urban future in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWild Ride: A Short History of the Opening and Closing of the Chinese Economy<\/a>, Anne Stevenson-Yang<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Washington DC, Anne Stevenson-Yang moved to Beijing in 1993 to work for the US-China Business Council. In the next quarter century, she became one of the best-known foreigners in China, starting businesses in publishing, software and online media. Now back in the US, she has published a book that examines some of the current economic flashpoints in China \u2013 property, ghost cities, where power resides, and top-down control, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade<\/a>, Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Ingleson<\/h4>\n\n\n\nHow did the US, EU and Britain \u2013 along with many other countries \u2013 help make China the world\u2019s foremost trading power? This is the question at the centre of Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Ingleson\u2019s latest book, and while it may focus on the US experience of trading with China, there is much for the UK to learn, too. The book is also an extremely useful overview of the up-and-down vicissitudes of trading with contemporary China. From the faltering, uncertain beginnings of trade in the 1970s through the period of opening up and reform to the go-go years around the new century and the problems of retrenchment since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China\u2019s Future<\/a>, Jonathan Chatwin<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOn a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China\u2019s former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month-long trip around China\u2019s south in defence of the reforms he had set in motion to open up China\u2019s economy and transform the country into the political and economic powerhouse we know today. In The Southern Tour<\/em>, Jonathan Chatwin travels 3,000 miles in the footsteps of Deng\u2019s legendary \u201csouthern tour\u201d, pursuing the stories of his journey and examining its legacies in the country today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n50 Useful Tips on China<\/a>, Ralph Jennings<\/h4>\n\n\n\nEven for seasoned China hands, some aspects of how business is done in China can be downright confusing. Luckily, journalist and author Ralph Jennings has attempted to demystify Chinese work culture in his new book, 50 Useful Tips on China<\/em>. Paul French spoke to him about meeting etiquette, overtime and the concept of \u201cchabuduo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Great Reversal<\/a>, Kerry Brown<\/h4>\n\n\n\nKerry Brown\u2019s takes as its starting point that while modern China has a narrative of its relationship with Britain, Britons don’t have a similar understanding of our relationship with China. If they are taught any history at all, children at schools in the United Kingdom today are more likely to learn about European or American history. China is regarded as a subsidiary issue, a part of the vast, complex narrative of the British empire, despite the fact that it has profoundly influenced the culture of Britain through tea, porcelain, silk and ideas of garden design, and has impacted our politics through the role of British imperialism in China\u2019s 19th and 20th-century history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountains are High<\/a>, Alec Ash<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Click to Boom<\/a>, Lizhi Liu<\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that many are amazed (and rather jealous) of the apparent success of China\u2019s e-commerce market and the internet businesses that thrive within it. But how did they do it? From<\/em> Click to Boom<\/em> asks that very question \u2013 how did the world\u2019s largest e-commerce market highlight a digital path to development? Paul French caught up with its author, Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC, to discuss potential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMale Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury<\/a>, Amanda Sikarskie<\/h4>\n\n\n\nThese days, male Idols are a standard part of the advertising toolkit across Asia and in China \u2013 in fashion magazines, shopping channels, adverts, and online sales channels. It may be a rarely seen phenomenon in the West, but rest assured that it is huge in China. Put simply, male idols are able to sell more magazines and more product than female idols \u2013 largely because of their enormous and loyal fan bases. Sikarskie\u2019s new book explores the concept of the male idol, along with some of the major considerations for brands in China who want to work with them. <\/p>\n\n\n
Wild Ride: A Short History of the Opening and Closing of the Chinese Economy<\/a>, Anne Stevenson-Yang<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Washington DC, Anne Stevenson-Yang moved to Beijing in 1993 to work for the US-China Business Council. In the next quarter century, she became one of the best-known foreigners in China, starting businesses in publishing, software and online media. Now back in the US, she has published a book that examines some of the current economic flashpoints in China \u2013 property, ghost cities, where power resides, and top-down control, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade<\/a>, Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Ingleson<\/h4>\n\n\n\nHow did the US, EU and Britain \u2013 along with many other countries \u2013 help make China the world\u2019s foremost trading power? This is the question at the centre of Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Ingleson\u2019s latest book, and while it may focus on the US experience of trading with China, there is much for the UK to learn, too. The book is also an extremely useful overview of the up-and-down vicissitudes of trading with contemporary China. From the faltering, uncertain beginnings of trade in the 1970s through the period of opening up and reform to the go-go years around the new century and the problems of retrenchment since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China\u2019s Future<\/a>, Jonathan Chatwin<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOn a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China\u2019s former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month-long trip around China\u2019s south in defence of the reforms he had set in motion to open up China\u2019s economy and transform the country into the political and economic powerhouse we know today. In The Southern Tour<\/em>, Jonathan Chatwin travels 3,000 miles in the footsteps of Deng\u2019s legendary \u201csouthern tour\u201d, pursuing the stories of his journey and examining its legacies in the country today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n50 Useful Tips on China<\/a>, Ralph Jennings<\/h4>\n\n\n\nEven for seasoned China hands, some aspects of how business is done in China can be downright confusing. Luckily, journalist and author Ralph Jennings has attempted to demystify Chinese work culture in his new book, 50 Useful Tips on China<\/em>. Paul French spoke to him about meeting etiquette, overtime and the concept of \u201cchabuduo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Great Reversal<\/a>, Kerry Brown<\/h4>\n\n\n\nKerry Brown\u2019s takes as its starting point that while modern China has a narrative of its relationship with Britain, Britons don’t have a similar understanding of our relationship with China. If they are taught any history at all, children at schools in the United Kingdom today are more likely to learn about European or American history. China is regarded as a subsidiary issue, a part of the vast, complex narrative of the British empire, despite the fact that it has profoundly influenced the culture of Britain through tea, porcelain, silk and ideas of garden design, and has impacted our politics through the role of British imperialism in China\u2019s 19th and 20th-century history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountains are High<\/a>, Alec Ash<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Click to Boom<\/a>, Lizhi Liu<\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that many are amazed (and rather jealous) of the apparent success of China\u2019s e-commerce market and the internet businesses that thrive within it. But how did they do it? From<\/em> Click to Boom<\/em> asks that very question \u2013 how did the world\u2019s largest e-commerce market highlight a digital path to development? Paul French caught up with its author, Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC, to discuss potential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMale Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury<\/a>, Amanda Sikarskie<\/h4>\n\n\n\nThese days, male Idols are a standard part of the advertising toolkit across Asia and in China \u2013 in fashion magazines, shopping channels, adverts, and online sales channels. It may be a rarely seen phenomenon in the West, but rest assured that it is huge in China. Put simply, male idols are able to sell more magazines and more product than female idols \u2013 largely because of their enormous and loyal fan bases. Sikarskie\u2019s new book explores the concept of the male idol, along with some of the major considerations for brands in China who want to work with them. <\/p>\n\n\n
How did the US, EU and Britain \u2013 along with many other countries \u2013 help make China the world\u2019s foremost trading power? This is the question at the centre of Elizabeth O\u2019Brien Ingleson\u2019s latest book, and while it may focus on the US experience of trading with China, there is much for the UK to learn, too. The book is also an extremely useful overview of the up-and-down vicissitudes of trading with contemporary China. From the faltering, uncertain beginnings of trade in the 1970s through the period of opening up and reform to the go-go years around the new century and the problems of retrenchment since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China\u2019s Future<\/a>, Jonathan Chatwin<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOn a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China\u2019s former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month-long trip around China\u2019s south in defence of the reforms he had set in motion to open up China\u2019s economy and transform the country into the political and economic powerhouse we know today. In The Southern Tour<\/em>, Jonathan Chatwin travels 3,000 miles in the footsteps of Deng\u2019s legendary \u201csouthern tour\u201d, pursuing the stories of his journey and examining its legacies in the country today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n50 Useful Tips on China<\/a>, Ralph Jennings<\/h4>\n\n\n\nEven for seasoned China hands, some aspects of how business is done in China can be downright confusing. Luckily, journalist and author Ralph Jennings has attempted to demystify Chinese work culture in his new book, 50 Useful Tips on China<\/em>. Paul French spoke to him about meeting etiquette, overtime and the concept of \u201cchabuduo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Great Reversal<\/a>, Kerry Brown<\/h4>\n\n\n\nKerry Brown\u2019s takes as its starting point that while modern China has a narrative of its relationship with Britain, Britons don’t have a similar understanding of our relationship with China. If they are taught any history at all, children at schools in the United Kingdom today are more likely to learn about European or American history. China is regarded as a subsidiary issue, a part of the vast, complex narrative of the British empire, despite the fact that it has profoundly influenced the culture of Britain through tea, porcelain, silk and ideas of garden design, and has impacted our politics through the role of British imperialism in China\u2019s 19th and 20th-century history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountains are High<\/a>, Alec Ash<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Click to Boom<\/a>, Lizhi Liu<\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that many are amazed (and rather jealous) of the apparent success of China\u2019s e-commerce market and the internet businesses that thrive within it. But how did they do it? From<\/em> Click to Boom<\/em> asks that very question \u2013 how did the world\u2019s largest e-commerce market highlight a digital path to development? Paul French caught up with its author, Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC, to discuss potential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMale Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury<\/a>, Amanda Sikarskie<\/h4>\n\n\n\nThese days, male Idols are a standard part of the advertising toolkit across Asia and in China \u2013 in fashion magazines, shopping channels, adverts, and online sales channels. It may be a rarely seen phenomenon in the West, but rest assured that it is huge in China. Put simply, male idols are able to sell more magazines and more product than female idols \u2013 largely because of their enormous and loyal fan bases. Sikarskie\u2019s new book explores the concept of the male idol, along with some of the major considerations for brands in China who want to work with them. <\/p>\n\n\n
50 Useful Tips on China<\/a>, Ralph Jennings<\/h4>\n\n\n\nEven for seasoned China hands, some aspects of how business is done in China can be downright confusing. Luckily, journalist and author Ralph Jennings has attempted to demystify Chinese work culture in his new book, 50 Useful Tips on China<\/em>. Paul French spoke to him about meeting etiquette, overtime and the concept of \u201cchabuduo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Great Reversal<\/a>, Kerry Brown<\/h4>\n\n\n\nKerry Brown\u2019s takes as its starting point that while modern China has a narrative of its relationship with Britain, Britons don’t have a similar understanding of our relationship with China. If they are taught any history at all, children at schools in the United Kingdom today are more likely to learn about European or American history. China is regarded as a subsidiary issue, a part of the vast, complex narrative of the British empire, despite the fact that it has profoundly influenced the culture of Britain through tea, porcelain, silk and ideas of garden design, and has impacted our politics through the role of British imperialism in China\u2019s 19th and 20th-century history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountains are High<\/a>, Alec Ash<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Click to Boom<\/a>, Lizhi Liu<\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that many are amazed (and rather jealous) of the apparent success of China\u2019s e-commerce market and the internet businesses that thrive within it. But how did they do it? From<\/em> Click to Boom<\/em> asks that very question \u2013 how did the world\u2019s largest e-commerce market highlight a digital path to development? Paul French caught up with its author, Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC, to discuss potential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMale Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury<\/a>, Amanda Sikarskie<\/h4>\n\n\n\nThese days, male Idols are a standard part of the advertising toolkit across Asia and in China \u2013 in fashion magazines, shopping channels, adverts, and online sales channels. It may be a rarely seen phenomenon in the West, but rest assured that it is huge in China. Put simply, male idols are able to sell more magazines and more product than female idols \u2013 largely because of their enormous and loyal fan bases. Sikarskie\u2019s new book explores the concept of the male idol, along with some of the major considerations for brands in China who want to work with them. <\/p>\n\n\n
The Great Reversal<\/a>, Kerry Brown<\/h4>\n\n\n\nKerry Brown\u2019s takes as its starting point that while modern China has a narrative of its relationship with Britain, Britons don’t have a similar understanding of our relationship with China. If they are taught any history at all, children at schools in the United Kingdom today are more likely to learn about European or American history. China is regarded as a subsidiary issue, a part of the vast, complex narrative of the British empire, despite the fact that it has profoundly influenced the culture of Britain through tea, porcelain, silk and ideas of garden design, and has impacted our politics through the role of British imperialism in China\u2019s 19th and 20th-century history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mountains are High<\/a>, Alec Ash<\/h4>\n\n\n\nOriginally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Click to Boom<\/a>, Lizhi Liu<\/h4>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s safe to say that many are amazed (and rather jealous) of the apparent success of China\u2019s e-commerce market and the internet businesses that thrive within it. But how did they do it? From<\/em> Click to Boom<\/em> asks that very question \u2013 how did the world\u2019s largest e-commerce market highlight a digital path to development? Paul French caught up with its author, Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC, to discuss potential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMale Idols and Branding in Chinese Luxury<\/a>, Amanda Sikarskie<\/h4>\n\n\n\nThese days, male Idols are a standard part of the advertising toolkit across Asia and in China \u2013 in fashion magazines, shopping channels, adverts, and online sales channels. It may be a rarely seen phenomenon in the West, but rest assured that it is huge in China. Put simply, male idols are able to sell more magazines and more product than female idols \u2013 largely because of their enormous and loyal fan bases. Sikarskie\u2019s new book explores the concept of the male idol, along with some of the major considerations for brands in China who want to work with them. <\/p>\n\n\n
Originally from Oxford, Alec Ash is a writer and editor focused on China, where he lived from 2008-2022. Feeling burnt out, he decided to move to the more peaceful province of Dali in Yunnan to experience life there. And it was where he found himself living through the Covid-19 pandemic, too. Following the publishing of Alec\u2019s memoir of his Dali life, Paul French talked to him about life in Dali, the rather relaxed pandemic experience there, whether burnt-out professionals are really forsaking city life for the mountains, what it takes to \u201cdrop out\u201d in China, and who exactly is \u201clying flat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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