Managing the dragon is a revealing and thoughtprovoking memoir offering a fresh perspective on a country at the dawn of a new age. What i can tell, although i partially disagree with the overly optimistic. He was one of the main characters in the tim clissold book, mr. List verified daily and newest books added immediately. How macbank hit a great wall in china selling in china is harder than selling to china, writes john garnaut, as one australian ventured dubbed the abattoir found. Book recommendations working and living in shanghai, china. Brahm the art of war, sun tzu chinese business negotiating style, tony fang. The book, by tim clissold, himself an exasimco employee, was described by the author as dealing with a society that had no rules. His stories are both humorous and tragic, and frequently discuss life during the period after 1949 until today.
The following book recommendations are mustread books for anyone interested in learning more about chinese history, culture, or government. A prevailing orthodoxy in the west is that developing countries will eventually cast themselves in the mould of the. Tim clissold has beautifully narrated the wonderful story of a wall street financier who. Managing the dragon by jack perkowski jfp holdings ltd. The author is tim clissold, who, per the books back cover has been working in china for 17 years andlives in beijing with his wife and four children. Captivated, he quit his job and moved to beijing, where the hazards of the planned economy quickly became clear. In this new edition of his hugely successful book he describes just how much and how little has changed in china since his story began. Jan 27, 2005 if this is the easy way to make money in china, whats the hard way. How im building a billion dollar business in china 2008. China perkowskis auto components firm up for sale reuters.
He is also the former ceo and chairman of the board of asimco technologies, an automotive components company in china. Nov 17, 2008 tim clissold is a director of peony capital, the bill gatesfunded carbon trading fund based in beijing. Choose wisely from the torrent of books on doing business in china. Job quality study reveals nearly half of fullyemployed.
Pierres boss at the time, jack perkowski, also wrote a book, in which he declared, to say that don was bested in the negotiations by the chinese is a severe understatement. A memoir by tim clissold is thankfully so much more than a straight account of doing business in china. Yes, it is the true story of pioneering direct investment during the ten years of exponential socioeconomic and societal change that were 1995 to 2005, and there were some moments when i a general reader struggled to keep. Enchanted by chinas red flags, billion bicycles and burgeoning consumer market, he ditches his cozy consulting job at arthur andersen in london, moves to beijing and graduates from his twoyear mandarin course in 1992. Enchanted by chinas red flags, billion bicycles and burgeoning. The books earliest date seems to be 2004, which puts clissold in china in the late 80s. Every business that intends to be an important part of the fastchanging global economy needs to know how to play the game in china. Tim clissold has beautifully narrated the wonderful story of a wall street financier who took a huge sum of money with him to china for. While to live is yu huas most famous book and won him the man asian literary prize, this book is more appropriate for understanding the minds. Being the planets most populous nation, this todays global economic power was once a nation partially depended on western support for survival. There is a kind of entrepreneurial westerner who just cant resist it. The idea of china has always exerted a pull on the adventurous type. Serious investors and entrepreneurs would do well to consider an earlier spate of books about how to lose money in china, most notably tim clissolds mr.
China expert, author and mandarin speaker tim clissold writes in china rules. If this is the easy way to make money in china, whats the hard way. It became famous following the publication of tim clissolds bestselling book, mr. Jack perkowski is a wall street veteran, author, and the founder and managing partner of jfp holdings, ltd. A memoir follows the 1990s western investment foray into an opening chinese economy. The government set the price of cabbages too high that year. Tim clissold, mr perkowskis former colleague, has already described how asimcos chinese partners cheated it out of millions, in his riveting 2004 book, mr china.
I cant tell if perkowski wrote this book for selfdefense clissold hasnt be too kind with him or just because he felt to write it. Gary perkowski is the author of us army special forces team history and insignia 1975 to the present 5. Mr china a memoir by tim clissold available in trade paperback on powells. May 29, 2008 serious investors and entrepreneurs would do well to consider an earlier spate of books about how to lose money in china, most notably tim clissold s mr. No one explains the differences from the front lines better than tim clissold, whos been in china as a student, partner to wall streets first mega investor in the middle kingdom jack perkowski. But mr perkowski hung on, and his wise and ultimately optimistic account should be required reading for anyone starting a business in china. The setting of this book is around the year 1982, the duration. Karel tavernier rekecentra has developed software solutions for reservation systems, weight and balance, ramp handling, flight operations, container terminals, production and warehousing. But the author subtitles the book how im building a billiondollar business in china wow. Backed by a business partner who has access to large quantities of wall street money, clissold and his partner pat jack perkowski raise a private equity fund to invest in multiple factories throughout the peoples republic. Serious investors and entrepreneurs would do well to consider an earlier spate of much more enjoyable books about how to lose money in china, most.
They got screwed in every possible way and i think that they learned more than anyone else. Like in the previous installment, v i warwashki is still a detective and in the deadlock she is now investigating the death of her cousin, boom boom who is a retired hockey player. So many companies lose piles of money in china because chinas business market is just different from the wests. Managing the dragon, jack perkowskis story of his almost years running asimco, an automotive components maker, in china is therefore a rare treat, a firsthand account of the struggle to build a business there. Tim clissold, mr perkowski s former colleague, has already described how asimcos chinese partners cheated it out of millions. The china auto literature trilogy china briefing news.
Deadlock was published in the year 1984 and is the second installment in the v i warshawski i series. Dec 21, 2015 at the same time, it reads a bit like an expose of the kind of business ventures which unprepared, amateurish westerners would throw themselves into in the china of the nineties. Who better to be your guide than jack perkowski, the pioneer who went to china in t. I was tired of all the bragging through these pages. China is an entertaining and telling book about how easy it is for experienced, intelligent and wellcapitalized foreign investors to lose their shirts in china. If you want to do business in china, jack perkowski is your. Jack perkowski is the chairman of asimco technologies and is based in beijing. In this true tale, the writer highlights the struggle and efforts of the wall street banker, jack perkowski, who. The emergence of china as a world economic power is one of the biggest stories of our time. He is the only senior executive named within the books still involved with the auto industry. Gary perkowski author of us army special forces team. The memoir mr china by tim clissold, a chinesespeaking accountant who helped perkowski build asimco, covered some of the same ground with more.
This is the order of andrzej sapkowski books in both chronological order and publication order. Apr 25, 2008 serious investors and entrepreneurs would do well to consider an earlier spate of much more enjoyable books about how to lose money in china, most notably tim clissold s mr. No one explains the differences from the front lines better than tim clissold, whos been in china as a student, partner to wall streets first mega investor in the middle kingdom jack perkowski, founder of a carbon trading business, and. Handsome, arrogant, intelligent and desperate to discover the truth about his exgirlfriends murder from eight.
The book chronicled the numerous ways the fund lost. Tim clissold, mr perkowskis former colleague, has already described how asimcos chinese partners cheated it out of. Tim clissold, mr perkowskis former colleague, has already described how asimcos chinese partners cheated it out of millions. Jan 14, 20 clissold narrates his adventures with the legendary wall street investor jack perkowski during some intense years, just as china was opening up to foreign investment. The book is the story of the early stages of asimco ceo jack perkowskis initial foray into china in the 1990 s, and the savaging he and clissold suffered in the. The book is the story of the early stages of former asimco ceo jack perkowski s initial foray into china in the 1990s, and the savaging he and clissold suffered. Apparently jack perkowski now blames tim clissold for many of the problems the book describes, and has refused to read it. The memoir mr china by tim clissold, a chinesespeaking accountant who helped perkowski build asimco, covered some of.
Through its colourful narrative it also tells the story of one of the most influential and pioneering entrepreneurs of today. Feb 25, 2017 no one explains the differences from the front lines better than tim clissold, whos been in china as a student, partner to wall streets first mega investor in the middle kingdom jack perkowski. Brash optimism of an american in china financial times. Author tim clissold first visited china in 1988, while working as an accountant in london. China, tim clissold top 4 managing the dragon, jack perkowski top 4 the china price, alexandra harney top 4 china inc, ted fishman top 4 one billion customers, james mcgregor china streetsmarts, john chan the art of the deal in china, laurence j. Tim clissold was there at the beginning of chinas transformation and hes still there, doing business.
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