Chinese Rules by Tim Clissold

Chinese Rules by Tim Clissold

From the author of the acclaimed Mr China comes another rip-roaring adventure story part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners understand China.

‘Clissold’s attempt to encapsulate how China works in five neat rules is well timed … fans of Clissold’s first book will find plenty of only-in-China tales from the author’s reincarnation as a carbon credit entrepreneur … His amusing anecdotes illustrate some of the rules he sets out for foreigners mystified by China … Formidable storytelling … An entertaining and valuable book’ Financial Times

Praise for ‘Mr China’:

‘Clissold’s memoir is an instant classicSharply observed, funny as hell. Indispensible’ Time

‘It’s got big money, charismatic capitalists, Communist apparatchiks, crime and mysterious disappearances … [but] it’s not just a novel – it’s true.’ Daily Telegraph

‘A wonderful read… one might not expect such poetry from a banker’ New York Times

‘Hugely entertaining … Clissold loves China … but he also views it with clarity and no small amount of humour’ Washington Post

‘Delightful … this trenchant, immensely entertaining study in the contradictions of Chinese capitalism should be required reading’ Fortune Magazine

‘One would be hard-pressed to find a serious Western investor in China who isn’t aware of Clissold’s eye-opening account’ Forbes

‘No business history can ever have been such an enjoyable read … any visiting businessman should be obliged to buy a copy’ Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong

Tim Clissold was educated at Cambridge University and lived and worked in China for more than twenty years. He co-founded a private equity group, spent time with an international bank recovering distressed assets, and more recently, started a business that invests in greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in China through the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. He is the author of ‘Mr China’, which was translated into twelve languages and was one of the Economist’s books of the year.

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ISBN 13	9780007590254
ISBN 10	0007590253
Title	Chinese Rules
Author	Tim Clissold
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2014-10-23
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.