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Doing Business in Today's India

By Douglas Bullis

As the world business climate globalizes and national economies become closely interlinked, Indian looms as the largest country in the world to embrace the market economy.

The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies
By Michael Breen

In The Koreans, Michael Breen provides an in-depth portrait of the country and its people. An early overview of the nature and values of the Korean people provides the background for a more detailed examination of the complex history of the country, in particular its division into the Communist north and pro-Western south.

The Chinese
By Jasper Becker

How much do you really know about China? Most of us have a few stereotypes built around Mao; excavated clay horsemen; porcelain, pagodas, and pandas; and cheap goods made by teeming masses of people. Jasper Becker, a Western correspondent who has spent much of his professional life among the Chinese, paints a brilliant picture of China's contemporary economy and society in all of its geographic diversity. Becker weaves history into the present, without overburdening the reader with dynastic details. 

Hegemon:
China's Plan to Dominate Asia and the World
By Steven W. Mosher

For centuries, China had not only the largest population, but also the most advanced economy and the strongest army on earth. It saw itself as the Hegemon, the ever-expanding central power around which the world revolved.