Asia Future Shock

1. Front Matter

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2. Population Dynamics: How Asia’s Face is Changing

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 1-12

3. The Internet, Big Business and Freedom

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 13-20

4. China’s Military Buildup

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 21-30

5. 20 Million Japanese to go Missing

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 31-36

6. The Two Koreas to Reunify

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 37-42

7. The Rush Out of India by Indian Companies

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 43-49

8. Asia’s Nuclear Future

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 50-56

9. Water Wars

   • Michael Backman

   Pages 57-65

10. China to Have the World’s Biggest Number of English Speakers

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 66-70

11. China’s HR Nightmare

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 71-76

12. India’s HR Nightmare

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 77-81

13. Wanted! 250 Million Wives: Asia’s Shocking Gender Imbalance

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 82-88

14. Asia’s Meaningless Borders

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 89-96

15. Growing Family Breakdown in Asia

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 97-102

16. China Builds an Economic Bloc based on Corruption

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 103-109

17. Vietnam: The New China?

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 110-117

18. Burma: The Next Vietnam

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 118-124

19. Does Indonesia Have a Future?

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 125-131

20. From Malaysia Boleh to Malaysia Bodoh?

    • Michael Backman

    Pages 132-139

China is the world's biggest market for cigarettes. By 2020, 300 million Chinese will be elderly. By 2010, China will have 7 of the world's biggest shopping malls. This book is an invaluable asset for corporate planners and strategists, futurologists, and anyone developing business in Asia as Backman provides an essential map for Asia's future.

• China
• gender
• Switzerland
• Vietnam

Michael Backman 'really understands why business evolved the way that it did in Asia.' - The Economist

Michael Backman is 'a brilliant writer on regional business strategies.' - Australian Financial Review

'Backman's excellent and extensive case studies are aimed at pointing out the pitfalls to foreign investors.' - The Independent

'...a must-read volume for anyone who is interested in current and future international affairs, global economics and business, or indeed for anyone who reads beyond the sports pages of the daily papers.' - Business and Finance Ireland

Michael Backman specialises in Asia's economies and Asian corporate practice. He is the author of the international bestseller Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia named by The Economist as one of the finest non-fiction books published for the year. He is the author or co-author of four other books on Asian business and culture and has a long-running and widely-read Asian business column in the Melbourne Age newspaper. He has lived and worked in Asia, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on Asia, both for companies and at public events. He is based in London when not travelling in Asia.
 
See www.michaelbackman.com for more information.

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