Getting Along with the Chinese: For Fun & Profit - Softcover

Fred Schneiter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9881376467 ISBN 13: 9789881376466

Publisher: Blacksmith Books, 2016

Synopsis

Are the Chinese really so inscrutable? China Hand Fred Schneiter delves into the lighter side of Chinese psychology, and in doing so demystifies one of the toughest markets in the world. With an unfailing sense of humour, he offers insights for Sinophiles, Sinophobes and everyone in between. On the Hong Kong bestsellers list for twelve months, this book is now back in a new edition -- the essential item to pack in your China survival kit.

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About the Author

Marketing man Fred Schneiter travelled from San Francisco to Asia in the 1960s, and stayed for 30 years. Schneiter starting writing in his teens, and went on to a journalism degree while working as a University News Bureau reporter. He worked for three US newspapers before Korean War service in Troop Information and Education, editing an army newspaper during the occupation of Germany while freelancing a column in the US on the lighter side of army life. Whetting an early appetite for adventure by riding freight trains across America during high school vacations, Schneiter lived and worked in Asia for more than 30 years, covering more than 40 countries in the process, and every province of China. He was in Tiananmen Square the day the tanks moved in, lived in Hong Kong during its final years as a colony, and witnessed first-hand modern China's monumental rise after opening to the West. He's won national awards in communication and management, lectured at Stanford, and was a member of a small group of China Hands invited to testify on US-China trade on Capitol Hill shortly after China's opening to the West.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blacksmith Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9881376467
• ISBN 13: 9789881376466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264