China and the New World Order: How Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Borderless Business Are Reshaping China and the World
By George Zhibin Gu, Fultus Corporation, October 18 2006, 248 pages

Based on Gu's personal experience and observations of China's politics, business and economy, China and the New World Order successfully captures the spirit of "new China". Bob Schapiro of Frontline News thinks Gu "provides a depth of understanding that distinguishes his work from most other books. His wide network of contacts gives insight into emerging trends. He provides useful context that Western authors often lack and Chinese authors frequently take for granted." He can do this because he is an "insider", according to Winston Ma, author of Investing in China: New Opportunities in a Transforming Stock Market. Ma observes Gu's book has a truly "authentic Chinese" flavour ... as a native Chinese, he captures the spirit of China's latest developments in its not-too-short historic context." Gu supplies information and analysis on 25 US and global multinationals operating in China and also looks at the issues surrounding China's relations with Taiwan, Japan, India and the West.

Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics
By David Shambaugh (ed.), University of California Press, January 17 2006, 402 pages

"An exceptionally well-organised product of a scholarly conference on the rise of Chinese power and influence and what it means for developments in Asia and for US interests," according to Lucian W. Pye of Foreign Affairs. Shambaugh includes in-depth assessments of 17 of the world's leading China specialists on the country's foreign relations to bring to light China's central role in the Asia region. Former US Ambassador to China, Indonesia and Singapore J. Stapleton Roy calls it a "stimulating" book which is "suited to those seeking a better understanding of the underlying issues relating to China's expanding power and an informed basis for assessing the widely divergent views that are being expressed on the subject. Professor Shambaugh has assembled an outstanding roster of world-class scholars on China whose contributions are noteworthy for their readability, their careful marshalling of relevant facts, and their interpretative insights."