What Chinese want, culture, communism, and China's modern consumer, Tom Doctoroff
Type
Label
What Chinese want, culture, communism, and China's modern consumer, Tom Doctoroff
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What Chinese want
Oclc number
757838259
Responsibility statement
Tom Doctoroff
Sub title
culture, communism, and China's modern consumer
Table Of Contents
Pt. 1, The Chinese worldview: -- Modern Middle Kingdom: old pipes, new palacePt. 2, Top down: doing business in China: -- Anta and always: an introduction to Chinese business -- The rise of Chinese brands: a distant dream -- Brand management in China: three golden rules -- Chinese recession tactics: how marketers can win during a downturn -- The Chinese boardroom: face and fear -- Tycoon Tang Jun's lost face: a Chinese business tragedy -- Managing China: stimulating creativity in a sea of convention -- Winning designs in China: standing out to fit in -- Digital China: liberated consumers. constricted corporations -- E-commerce in China: patriarchal benevolence -- Illegal DVDs: why piracy is here to stay -- The business of advertising in China: incremental progress, no breakthroughsPt. 3, The new, old Chinese consumer: -- Barbie, Starbucks, and COFCO: an introduction to Chinese consumerism -- The new middle class: constants and variables -- China's lower-tier cities: brighter eyes, bigger markets -- China's booming luxury market: gold mine or landmine? -- Car-crazy China: where ego and anxiety collide -- China's senior market: gray today, golden tomorrow -- China's ambivalent tiger moms: when in Rome... -- Young digital lives: a parallel universe of ambitious release -- The Chinese and food: survival and successPt. 4, Chinese society: -- Family and country and me: an introduction to Chinese society -- Codependence: China's middle class and the Communist Party -- The long, long march: civil society in China; The Sichuan earthquake aftermath: forging a new civil society?; China's dairy scandal: two steps back -- Life in Shanghai's lanes: a community affair -- A day at the Shanghai zoo: families in action -- Christmas in China: universal release, transactional gain -- Ritualistic observation: the dark matter of Chinese civilization -- Sex in China: prudence and pruriencePt. 5, China and the world: -- Icons and identity: an introduction to China's engagement with the world -- China's worldview: don't rock our boat -- How China sees America: dangerous love -- The Obama brand in China: beware of cool cat; Standing up in China; Dealing with dissenters: pragmatism, not passion -- The Beijing Olympics and Shanghai Expo: party power plays; The torch relay: friend or foe, China perseveres; At the opening ceremony: China reveals its soul; Shanghai's World Expo: an internal affair -- China and its neighbors: colleagues, not friends; Japan and China: contrasting response to the financial crisis; Japan and China: contrasting response to natural disaster; A note on South Korea; China and India: a match made in heaven?Pt. 6, Epilogue: -- The myths of modern China: -- Myth 1: Popular anger means the party's power is weakening -- Myth 2: American-style individualism is taking root -- Myth 3: Contemporary Chinese have no beliefs -- Myth 4: The internet will revolutionize China -- Myth 5: The Chinese market is, like Europe, many countries -- Myth 6: The Chinese consumer is inscrutable -- Myth 7: The Chinese growth model is in critical danger -- Myth 8: China Inc. will eat America's lunch -- Myth 9: China is the twenty-first century superpower -- Myth 10: China is militarily aggressive