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...they intend to ride it to riches, baijiu and rabbit ears notwithstanding. Clissold's memoir of his years with Perkowski-- 1995 to 2002--is an instant classic. The best "business" book previously written about China is probably Jim Mann's Beijing Jeep, an account of the ill-fated auto joint venture in China's early days of experimenting with capitalism. Mr. China (Harper Business; 252 pages) joins it at the top. Clissold, despite being a banker (now working at Goldman Sachs in Beijing), writes wonderfully. The book is sharply observed, funny as hell, and educational for anyone either doing business...
...moving so fast economically that, strange as it sounds, some of the events in the book already seem a bit dated. China's joining the WTO has injected some order into foreign investment, and more foreign companies are setting up wholly owned subsidiaries instead of headache- inducing joint ventures. No matter. For anyone interested in the new China--and that's a rapidly expanding universe in the U.S.--Mr. China is indispensable...
...first woman heading a conglomerate in a conservative, largely Muslim society. Turkish billionaire Sakip Sabanci chose his niece last May to succeed him at the helm of the $12 billion Sabanci Holdings, whose businesses include food, energy and retail. Renowned as an internationalist for forging a $100 million joint venture with DuPont, the charismatic Güler plans to further Sabanci's global reach. What's it like being a woman in a man's world? "It was hard for the first five years. But once I got over that psychological hurdle, there was no stopping me!" she says. --By Pelin...
...Karnazes isn't built like those marathon beanpoles. His frame is rock solid, the result of a cross-training routine that includes windsurfing to build upper-body strength, which helps him in the long runs. But even with the right genes and conditioning, ultras can count on plenty of joint pain, cramps, exhaustion and vomiting...
...They don't get hungry. They're not afraid. They don't forget their orders. They don't care if the guy next to them has just been shot." GORDON JOHNSON, director of the robotics program for the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command, on battlefield robots currently being developed by the U.S. military...