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Thunder from the East Portrait of a Rising Asia

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ISBN-10: 0375703012

ISBN-13: 9780375703010

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors of China Wakes comes this insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise. The recent economic crisis in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have happened to Asia. It destroyed the cronyism, protectionism, and government regulation that had been crippling Asian business for decades, and it left in its wake a vast region of resilient and determined millions poised to wrest economic, diplomatic and military power from the West. Thunder from the East is a riveting look at a complex region, a fascinating panoply of compelling characters, and a…    
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Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Nicholas D. Kristof shared a Pulitzer Prize with his wife in 1990 for their coverage for the New York Times of the Tiananmen democracy movement in China. He also coauthored China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power. Kristof has served as Times bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. He lives with his wife in New York City.

Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer Prize with her husband in 1990 for their coverage for the New York Times of the Tiananmen democracy movement in China. She also coauthored with her husband China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power. She has specialized in business journalism for the Times. She lives in New York City with her husband. Her latest non-fiction work is entitled Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. She co-authored this with Nicholas D. Kristof.

Authors' Note
Map of Asia
The Ghost of Asia Past
Search for the Sorcerer
Why We Speak English
Building Empires
Bellyache in Japan
The Blood Baht Spreads
Rebuilding Asia
Brutal Drive
Reinventing Lives
For Shame
A Land Where Robots Roam
Clouds on the Horizon
Prisoners of History
My Country, Right or Wrong
From the Back of the House
The Filthy Earth
Tryst with Destiny
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index