400 MILLION CUSTOMERSCarl CrowHarper ($3).
To judge by the writings of travelers, philosophers, novelists and the like, most foreigners in China are on the trail of something almost as visionary as the philosopher's stone. But in fact what entices most foreigners to China is the vision of doing business with China's 400,000,000 potential customers. For the past 25 years head of a Shanghai advertising agency, Carl Crow now reveals in 400 Million Customers where he got to while following that vision. An unpretentious, anecdotal account, it is pleasant reading because it deals with...