Mr. China
a wall street banker, an englishman, an ex-red guard . . . and $ 418,000,000, disappearing day by day. . .
$40.54
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2005
Summary
Mr. China: A Banker’s Billion-Dollar Bet and the Wild Ride Through China’s Economic Revolution
The incredible story of a Wall Street banker who went to China with $400,000,000 and learned the hard way how (not) to do business there …
In the early nineties, China finally opened for business and Wall Street wanted in on the act. When the investment bankers arrived from New York with their Harvard MBAs, pinstripes and tasselled loafers, ready to negotiate with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849013079 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849013071 |
| Series: | Tom Thorne Novels |
| Author: | Tim Clissold |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 199mm x 22mm |
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No business history can ever have been such an enjoyable read as this. Any visiting businessman should be obliged to buy a copy before boarding the plane.
Every foreign company in China should arm its executives with a copy of this shocking, funny and culturally sympathetic account of the perils of doing business in the Wild West. - EconomistIt’s got big money, charismatic capitalists, Communist apparatchiks, crime and mysterious disappearances … [but] it’s not just a novel - it’s true. - Daily TelegraphAn instant classic. - TimeAbout The Author
Tim Clissold
After graduating from Cambridge, Tim Clissold set up Arthur Andersen’s China Investment Services, learnt Mandarin and then co-founded a private equity group investing in China. He has lived and worked in the country for the last 20 years and since his early misadventures has negotiated deals worth over $1 billion. He lives in Beijing with his wife and children.
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