Books

Our speakers regularly publish books. Here you find an overview of the most recent publications on China. In some cases, we might be able to help to negotiate a discount on the official price, if you retain a speaker, or need a larger number of books. Interested? Get in touch.

Brennan, Matthew, “Attention Factory: The Story of Tiktok and China’s Bytedance.

Dudarenok, Ashley, (co-author) Innovation Factory: China’s Digital Playbook For Global Brands (September 2023)

Dudarenok, Ashley, (co-author)Digital China: Working with Bloggers, Influencers and KOLs (November 2018)

Dudarendok, Ashley, Unlocking the World’s Largest E-Market: A Guide to Selling on Chinese Social Media

French, Howard, Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War (2021)

French, Howard, Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power (April 2017)

French, Howard, China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa

French, Paul, Gypsies of Shanghai: The Roma Community of Late 1930s and 1940s Shanghai and Their Role in the City’s Entertainment Industry

Gai, Sharon, Ecommerce Reimagined: Retail and Ecommerce in China

Graylin, Alvin Wang, and Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Our Next Reality: Preparing for the AI-powered Metaverse, (June 2024)

Holch, Gabor, Dragon Suit: The Golden Age of Expatriate Executives In China (2023)

Hsu, Sara, China’s fintech explosion, (Columbia University Press, 2020)

Johnson, Ian, Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future (September 2023); audiobook by the author

Johnson, Ian, A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

Johnson, Ian, Wild Grass: Three Portraits of Change in Modern China

Johnson, Ian, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao(April 2017)

Kroeber, Arthur, China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Ma, Winston Wenyan, The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace

Ma, Winston Wenyan, The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds Are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy

Ma, Winston Wenyan, China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom

Rein, Shaun, The End of Cheap China (March 2012)

Rein, Shaun, The End of Copycat China: The Rise of Creativity, Innovation, and Individualism in Asia(November 2014)

Rein, Shaun,The War for China’s Wallet: Profiting from the New World Order (December 2017)

Rein, Shaun, The Split: Finding the Opportunities in China’s Economy in the New World Order (October 2024)

Rogers, Jim, A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World’s Greatest Market

Schaub, Mark, Unlocking International Joint Ventures: Keys to Formation Success through Cultural, Commercial, and Legal Decision-Making (2024)

Schaub, Mark, China: The Art of Law – Chronicling Deals, Disasters, Greed, Stupidity and Occasional Success in the New China

Shih, Victor, Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation

Shih, Victor, Economic Shocks and Authoritarian Stability: Duration, Financial Control, and Institutions (2021)

Shih, Victor, Coalitions of the Weak, (2022)

Zhang Lijia, “Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China

Zhang Lijia, Lotus: A Novel(January 2017)