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Product DescriptionIn this expanded and revised edition of American companies in China, the authors provide the reader with a close understanding of dizzying technological and cultural development of 21-century China. After several decades of economic globalization, the Chinese have proved very successful in its economic relations with the West despite several ideological differences. Case studies of American companies that have been successful in China, including a new chapter describing American businesses to participate in the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Looking to change the nature of Chinese consumption and the international corporate behavior, the authors close with practical proposals for inter. . . More>>

American Business In China: Balancing Culture and Communication

• ISBN13: 9780674026803
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description Some riveting account of fieldwork and one part rigorous academic study, Brand New China offers a unique perspective on advertising and marketing culture of China. Jing Wang experiences in different worlds Beijing advertising agencies and the American College allow her to share a unique perspective on China during its accelerated reintegration into the global market system. Brand New China offers a detailed, incisive and up-to-date portrayal of brands and advertising in contemporary China. Wang takes us inside an advertising agency to show the influence of American branding theories and models. She also examines the impact of new media practices on Chinese advertising, deliberates on. . . More>>

Brand New China: Advertising, Media, and Commercial Culture

Product DescriptionIn 1997 journalist Karin Evans went to an orphanage in southern China and met his new daughter, a beautiful one-year-old girl. In that fateful moment, Evans became a part of a deep, more common human drama that link abandoned Chinese girls with foreigners who have traveled many miles to complete their families. At the same time a compelling personal story and an evocative picture of contemporary China, The Lost Daughters of China has also served as an invaluable guide to thousands of readers as they navigate the process of adopting from China. However, much has changed in the Chinese government’s policy on the assumption since the book was originally published, and in this rev. . . More>>

The Lost Daughters of China: Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past

Product DescriptionThis lively book explores changes in contemporary China through the compelling personal accounts of young Chinese journalists. Through a series of engaging oral histories, Judy Polumbaum puts a human face on vital issues of freedom of expression and information that will chart China’s future. . . . More >>

China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism

Product Description”Constructive engagement” became a catchphrase under the Clinton administration for America’s reinvigorated efforts to pull China firmly into the international community as a responsible player, one that abides by widely accepted norms. Skeptics questioned the effectiveness of this policy and those that followed. But how is such socialization supposed to work in the first place? This has never been all that clear, whether practiced by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, or the United States. Social States is the first book to systematically test the effects of socialization in international relations–to help explain why players on the world stage may be moved to cooperate when doing so . . . More >>

Social States: China in International Institutions, 1980-2000