Business Republic of China: Tales from the Front Line of China's New Revolution
...rich in practical detail. Leblanc's experiences make for instructive reading for any foreign executive doing business in China. --China Economic Review, July 2008Readers unfamiliar with China's business environment, with its odd blend of aspiring capitalists and ruling Communists, may learn much that surprises them. --Cairns Media Magazine, June 2008"Business Republic of Chinaprovides superb coverage of the challenges, mysteries and sources of success or failure for foreigners doing business in China. Covering a period of almost two decades, it also gives some insight into ways in which business in China has grown up, or failed to, in that time. This is a light and entertaining book that I would recommend to anyone thinking about doing, or just observing, business in China."  -- Inside-Out China, November 2008Business Republic of Chinais a page-turner. In each case, you want to know just how well or poorly the deal turns out and the motivations driving each party. The read is worth it for the postscripts on the people involved and the quieter moments of insight and humour. One of those moments occurs at the end of the float glass chapter, when a dogged negotiator reminds the suppliers why he has played hardball."Yes, we are old friends," he says. "But we can't just go with every proposal that might suck money out of the motherland." --South China Morning Post, April 20, 2009