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The Asian Insider

Unconventional Wisdom for Asian Business

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  • © 2004

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  1. Michael Backman
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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Asian Insider: An Introduction

    1. The Asian Insider: An Introduction

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 1-4

  3. How Asia Really Works

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Asian Family Connections

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 7-14

  4. Government, the Rule of Law and Democracy in Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-16
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    2. Is Democracy Always Good?

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 17-24

    3. Paying Peanuts: Politicians’ Pay in Asia

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 25-29

    4. Police Corruption and the Rule of Law in Thailand

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 30-34

    5. Executions and Extrajudicial Killings

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 35-41

    6. Government Statistics and Other Lies

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 42-49

    7. Thaksin Berlusconi and Silvio Shinawatra

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 50-57

    8. The End of Indonesia

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 58-68

  5. Singapore and Malaysia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Why Singapore is Different: The Babas of Singapore

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 71-76

    3. Reinventing Singapore?

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 77-90

    4. Singapore Inc. or Singapore Sink?

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 91-100

    5. Singapore’s Thriving Sex Industry

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 101-110

    6. Diversity and Decency in Malaysia

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 111-121

    7. Rumours and Gossip in Malaysia

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 122-126

    8. Meet Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary

      • Michael Backman
      Pages 127-136
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About this book

Knowledge of Asian business is dominated by conventional wisdom, much of which has achieved the status of myth. Bestselling author Michael Backman has researched beneath the surface to reveal the things that you need to know about Asian business and society. Using a wealth of examples, case studies and anecdotes, he provides a revealing and unconventional picture based around key business themes. Business, business culture and culture are entwined to draw the reader from the outside into becoming an Asian insider. Written in the author's direct, sharp style, The Asian Insider is a fascinating read for anyone wishing to get to grips with Asian business and understand how Asia really works.

Reviews

'The brilliant young writer on regional business strategies.' - Rowan Callick, Australian Financial Review

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

'Michael Backman, an expert on the overseas Chinese...' - former Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong

'Renowned author Michael Backman...Apt and cogent.' - Then Malaysian Transport Minister and MCA President, Ling Liong Sik

'[Michael Backman] raises extraordinarily important questions about the national interest...' - Senator Susan Knowles

About the author

MICHAEL BACKMAN is an author, business analyst and columnist who specializes in Asian corporate practice. He has a reputation for hard-hitting, independent and highly detailed Asian business analysis. Singapore's Prime Minister cited him in his 1998 National Day Address as an 'expert' on overseas Chinese and he has been described in the Australian Financial Review as 'the brilliant writer on regional business strategies'. He is the author of the international bestseller, Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia that was named by The Economist as one of the sixteen finest general non-fiction books published for the year. He writes a regular Asian business column for the Melbourne Age newspaper and has authored numerous articles for The Times of London, International Herald Tribune, Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. He has lived and worked in Asia.

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