Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Innovation Nation

Impure Research

The Patronage Party

Gimme a Big “I”!

What’s a Little Intellectual Property Theft between Friends?

Education

Grafting Innovation

A Cautionary Tale

The Glory that Was Ours

Chapter 2: The Fractured Web

Finger on the Button

Filtering for Profit

Just the Internet, Please; Hold the Coffee

Into the Fray

If you Can’t Beat ’Em

China Scrums

Chapter 3: The Silicon Paddies of China

The Hi-tech Face of China

If you Build it, they Will Outsource

Crouching Dragon, Leaping Elephant

A Tale of Two Outsourcers

On the Hunt for BPO in Deepest China

Chapter 4: Heavy Metal

Ships Ahoy!

Fast Car

A Ticket to Ride

Selling into Developing Countries

Chapter 5: Brand China

A National Image Made in China

When Being a Chinese Company Isn’t Cool

Beyond Cheap

Management Innovation

The Operation Was a Success. . .

What Was the Plan Again?

Red Flags

Branding Beyond Nationality

Chapter 6: Declaration of Energy Independence

Coal in China’s Stocking

Cleaning Up Coal’s Act

Economics Rules

Oily Risers

What a Gas

Breaking the Addiction

Chapter 7: Consider the Alternatives

Wind at My Back

A Little Ray of Sunshine

Damming Neighbors

Nuclear Deterrents

Welcome to Electric Avenue

A Battery of New Energy Technologies

Chapter 8: Errors of Emission

The Dark Side of the Sun

Get the Lead Out

Rare Earths, Common Pollution

When There is No Longer a Backyard

Chapter 9: Dragon on a Diet

Watergy

Turning Water into Oil

Manufacturing Water

Building Sustainable ...

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