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Mr. China : a memoir

In the early 1990s China finally opened for business, and Wall Street wanted to get in on the act. When the investment bankers arrived from New York with their Harvard MBAs, pinstripes and tassled loafers, ready to negotiate with the Old Cadres, the stage was set for a collision between Wall Street's billions and the world's oldest culture. This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who had reached the top and found that it wasn't enough. Looking for glory, he came to China to surf the next new investment wave and teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and an Englishman living in Beijing. To.

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  • "Mr. China"
  • "Mister China"@en
  • "Yŏnggugin t'uja saŏpka ŭi Chungguk hapchak t'uja mohŏmdam"
  • "영국인투자사업가의중국합작투자모험담"

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  • "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 the Old Cadres, the stage was set for collision. This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who came to China looking for glory. He teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and a Mandarin-speaking Englishman. Together, they raised over $400,000,000 and bought up factories all over China. Only as they watched those millions slide towards the abyss did they start to understand that China really doesnt play by anyone elses rules. Tim Clissold was there at the beginning of Chinas transformation and hes still there, doing business. In this new edition of his hugely successful book he describes just how much and how little - h."
  • "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS. This is 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 the Old Cadres, the stage was set for collision. This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who came to China looking for glory. He teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and a Mandarin-speaking Englishman. Together, they raised over $400,000,000 and bought up factories all over China. Only as they watched those millions slide towards the abyss did they start to understand that China really doesn't play by anyone else's rules. Tim Clissold was there at the beginning of China's transformation and he's still there, doing business."
  • "In the early 1990s China finally opened for business, and Wall Street wanted to get in on the act. When the investment bankers arrived from New York with their Harvard MBAs, pinstripes and tassled loafers, ready to negotiate with the Old Cadres, the stage was set for a collision between Wall Street's billions and the world's oldest culture. This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who had reached the top and found that it wasn't enough. Looking for glory, he came to China to surf the next new investment wave and teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and an Englishman living in Beijing. To."@en
  • ""This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who came to China looking for glory. Determined to surf the next big investment wave, he teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and a Mandarin-speaking Englishman. Together, they raised over four hundred million US dollars and bought up factories all over China. They thought their contracts were watertight. But then they began learning the hard way that China doesn't play by anyone's rules ..."--Back cover."@en
  • "Aan de hand van een jarenlange praktijkervaring schetst de auteur een scala aan problemen en uitdagingen die buitenlanders bij het opzetten van joint-ventures in China kunnen ontmoeten."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Personal narratives"
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  • "Mr. China : a memoir"@en
  • "미스터차이나 : 영국인투자사업가의중국합작투자모험담"
  • "Mr. China"@en
  • "Mr. China"
  • "Zhongguo tong = Mr. China"
  • "Zhong guo tong"
  • "Mr. china (new edition)"
  • "Mr China : czyli, Amerykanin w Pekinie"
  • "中国通"
  • "Mister China"
  • "Mr China comment perdre 450 millions de dollars après avoir fait fortune à Wall Street : récit"
  • "Mr China"
  • "Misŭt'ŏ Ch'aina : Yŏnggugin t'uja saŏpka ŭi Chungguk hapchak t'uja mohŏmdam"
  • "中国通 = Mr. China"
  • "Huaerjie yin xing jia die dao zai Zhongguo di tu shang = Mr. China"
  • "Mr China czyli Amerykanin w Pekinie"@pl
  • "Mr China : comment perdre 450 millions de dollars après avoir fait fortune à Wall Street : récit"
  • "Mr China comment perdre 450 millions de dollars après avoir fait fortune à Wall Streetrécit"
  • "Hua'erjie yin hang jia die dao zai Zhongguo di tu shang"
  • "Hua'er Jie yin hang jia die dao zai Zhongguo di tu shang"
  • "Hua er jie yin hang jia die dao zai Zhong guo di tu shang"
  • "華爾街銀行家跌倒在中國地圖上"
  • "华尔街银行家跌倒在中国地图上 = Mr. China"

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