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A Year Without Made in China provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with engaging stories and anecdotes of her family''s attempt to outrun China''s reachby boycotting Chinese made productsand does a remarkable job of taking a decidedly big-picture issue and breaking it down to a personal level.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xiii

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER ONE

Farewell, My Concubine 5

CHAPTER TWO

Red Shoes 31

CHAPTER THREE

Rise and China 47

CHAPTER FOUR

Manufacturing Dissent 63

CHAPTER FIVE

A Modest Proposal 79

CHAPTER SIX

Mothers of Invention 95

CHAPTER SEVEN

Summer of Discontent 111

CHAPTER EIGHT

Red Tide 127

CHAPTER NINE

China Dreams 141

CHAPTER TEN

Meltdown 155

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The China Season 175

CHAPTER TWELVE

Road’s End 191

Epilogue 219

About the Author 229

Index 231

A Year Without Made in China

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 24/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780470379202, 978-0470379202
      ISBN10: 0470379200

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Year Without Made in China provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with engaging stories and anecdotes of her family''s attempt to outrun China''s reachby boycotting Chinese made productsand does a remarkable job of taking a decidedly big-picture issue and breaking it down to a personal level.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword ix

      Acknowledgments xiii

      INTRODUCTION 1

      CHAPTER ONE

      Farewell, My Concubine 5

      CHAPTER TWO

      Red Shoes 31

      CHAPTER THREE

      Rise and China 47

      CHAPTER FOUR

      Manufacturing Dissent 63

      CHAPTER FIVE

      A Modest Proposal 79

      CHAPTER SIX

      Mothers of Invention 95

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      Summer of Discontent 111

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      Red Tide 127

      CHAPTER NINE

      China Dreams 141

      CHAPTER TEN

      Meltdown 155

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      The China Season 175

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      Road’s End 191

      Epilogue 219

      About the Author 229

      Index 231

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