| China 2.0: The Transformation of an Emerging Superpower And the New Opportunities |  | Author: Marina Yue Zhang
Creator: Bruce W. Stening
Publisher: Wiley
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0470824239
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.48330951
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Publication Date: January 19, 2010
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Marina Zhang addresses her topic with vigor and a touch of involved passion that is often missing from the clinical analyses that frequent the China business bookshelves. The impact of technology on china's development and the way it is so thoroughly informing China's economic and social transformation is a significant insight which Ms. Zhang's book explores in well-researched detail and through fresh eyes. China 2.0 is a cogent and worthwhile addition to any china businessman's or scholar's bookshelf. - Clinton Dines, Former CEO, BHP Billiton China There is no lack of opinions about china, and certainly there is much information. Those that succeed know how to find information that is factual, rich and that can serve as a guide. That is what china 2.0 does. It is a resourceful guide for anyone looking for success in china's booming economy. - Scott Kronick, President, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Beijing Want to reach China's one billion consumers? then China 2.0 will be your indispensible guide to understanding this transforming giant, from leveraging Internet and Web 2.0 channels to working with China's emerging private capital markets. Don't venture into china without it! - Charlene Li, Partner, Altimeter Group, and Co-author of Groundswell A key question in china's evolution towards a fully modern economy is whether it can develop efficient and possibly new types of firm and new social institutions. This will depend heavily on how information comes to be handled. this pioneering book compellingly explores this highly significant new questions. - Gordon Redding, Professor of Asian Business, INSEAD, and Author of The Future of Chinese Capitalism The unique and compelling viewpoint offered by Marina Zhang on the changes in china, and the impact that new and emerging technologies are having in this transformation, makes China 2.0 a positive exception to the question of whether or not the world really needs another China business book. - Michael Ricks, CEO, Investor Growth capital Asia Limited and Former CEO, Ericsson China This book opens the lid on the new era that has begun inside China as it is transformed by the power of new technologies, led by Web 2.0. With insights that only an insider can bring, it deftly highlights the opportunities and challenges for business people, policymakers, researchers and students alike. If reading this book doesn't open your eyes, cause you to abandon old prejudices and lead you to redefine your responses to one of the most far-reaching developments in the world today, then nothing will! - Peter J. Williamson, Professor of International Management, Judge business School, University of Cambridge, and Author of Dragons at Your Door
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CHINA 2.0 February 16, 2010
Elaine S. Simpson (Australia)
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I have read many things about China and, like everyone else, been bombarded with stories about it on TV. I pay attention to them because understanding business in China is important to me, professionally. I worry, though, that much of what I'm reading and hearing is maybe not as balanced as it could be, but pushing one barrow or another. This book presented me with an informative and open view about China which covered a large number of topics from various perspectives. While some of those perspectives are similar to the ones I have seen and read, many of them are very different. I was especially struck by the extent that the Internet is changing China, something that I have not seen discussed anywhere else, other than in various stories on censorship.
The changes that are described in the book have caused me to think much more seriously about how China's transformation will impact on the rest of the world - especially business people like me. If I have one criticism of the book it is that it might have discussed the opportunities for foreigners more than it did. On the other hand, they are probably so vast that the only way of finding them is by jumping in. However, anyone thinking of jumping in - or staying in, if they are already there - would be wise to read this book first. I expect that they will find it an eye-opening page-turner (and sometimes jaw-dropper), just as I did.
E. Simpson, Sydney
Genuine insight February 8, 2010
Mr. S. Barker (London)
As someone who lived in China for almost ten years in the 90s, I thought I knew China pretty well. Maybe I did - but this book has shown how much has changed since then. In particular, it stands apart in offering a clear view on how technology is dramatically changing China. China 2.0 offers a penetrating insight into the dynamics of change in China's economy. The author takes the reader through the most significant factors driving socio-economic change in China. Moreover, she discusses the implications of that change - for China and the rest of the world. It's difficult to find a book on China that provides both the inside and outside understanding that the author has. When you have read it, you'll see what I mean. I particularly like the way she manages to weave in personal observations with her deep but thoroughly readable analysis.
China 2.0-Great Book February 14, 2010
X. Shi
As an overseas Chinese I was curious to see what one of my fellow Chinese had written about what had happened to the country I left 20 years ago. Even though I have been back from time to time to visit my family, I have not lived there since I left as a postgraduate student. Visiting for a short period, it is not possible to see the forest from the trees. This book has given me a 'forest' perspective on modern China that has stunned me. If I am stunned by what has happened in China, especially regarding the influence of Web 2.0 (after all, I'm not only Chinese, I'm an IT specialist#, how will people who have very little understanding of China #except for what they read in their daily newspaper or see on their local TV) be affected by the insights it provides.
I can only hope that my fellow Chinese living outside China get as much out of this book as I have. My other hope is that as many non-Chinese read this as possible. I think it will give them an understanding of China that is much deeper than what they are exposed to through their local media.
 Up to date view of China February 7, 2010
Michele Cohen
This is an extremely readable up-to-date analysis of the the new economic superpower. The new age of communication and information has enabled the over 1.3 billion people to be connected. This has organized and energized the economic and social network of the country. The author also recognizes the many shortcomings that China has to overcome, and thus presents a very balanced view.
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