The men who control the economies of S.E. Asia are unimaginably rich and powerful. They gamble at golf for US$2 million a hole. This is - for the first time ever - the explosive story of how they make, build and hold on to their fortunes.
"'A first-class study... the product of an original, inquiring mind.' Sunday Times 'The romp around the region's pleasure domes is a blast.' Asian Wall Street Journal 'You badly need to read this book. Joe Studwell...should be named chief myth-buster for Asian business...his tone is ironic without being cruel...his mythbusting is as merciless as it is enlightening...Studwell skewers myths with equal passion and panache.' Financial Times"
Joe Studwell is the editor of the China Economic Quarterly (www.theceq.com). He lived and worked as a freelance journalist in Hong Kong and Beijing from 1991 to 2000. Upon reading Asian Godfathers, Cambridge University invited him to take up a PhD which he is now studying. He is also author of The China Dream (Profile, ISBN 9781861979487).
A first-class study ... the product of an original, inquiring
mind.
*Sunday Times*
The romp around the region's pleasure domes is a blast.
*Asian Wall Street Journal*
You badly need to read this book. Joe Studwell...should be named
chief myth-buster for Asian business...his tone is ironic without
being cruel...his mythbusting is as merciless as it is
enlightening...Studwell skewers myths with equal passion and
panache.
*Financial Times*
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