1. The dawn of the Chinese century -- China in the global economy -- Resources and capabilities -- The synergies of greater China -- Coming to America -- The chronic importer -- The naïve trader (or the one with more to lose) -- Follow the curve -- Foreign-generated and "self-inflicted imports -- The currency play -- China takes on the world -- The world's factory -- The export imperative -- Where the jobs are -- A consumer paradise -- The coming realignment -- 2. The middle kingdom -- An imperial (but not imperialist) heritage -- The imperial bureaucracy -- China and its neighbors -- The imperial imprint -- The modem era : China and the foreign powers -- The shadow of humiliation -- China under communism -- The communist imprint -- The reform period -- Lofty aspirations -- National symbols -- Political aspirations -- Economic aspirations -- 3. Like no other -- Is China a new Japan? -- Analogies of response -- Japan, China, and the limits of analogy -- The innovation imperative -- Dragons, large and small -- Hong Kong -- Taiwan -- Singapore -- South Korea -- The Asian crisis, misinterpreted -- China and India : a tale of two nations -- 4. From socks to aircraft -- The technology legacy -- Inventions but no science -- The price of falling behind -- Technology by decree : the central planning legacy -- Climbing the technology ladder -- Leveraging foreign investment -- Technology transfer incentives -- Learning from the Barbarians -- Indigenous innovation : still a dream -- Developing research capabilities -- Upgrading China's "humanware" -- Transforming the educational system -- The return of the "turtles" -- Bringing technology to the enterprise -- OEM, ODM, OBM -- Technology as a freebie --

5. The two-dollar Rolex

Yankee footprints

Piracy, counterfeiting, and the like

The costs and benefits of knock-offs

An industry in the making

Institutional and legacy factors

The organization of fake production

Pirating "digitized" products

The enforcement failure

The globalization of piracy and counterfeiting

Going forward

Navigating pirate seas

6. The business challenge

Industry tales

America's clothier

Furniture from afar

The geography of the China impact

Holding its own : the European union

The invasion of Japan

Mexico undone

Friends and foes : ASEAN and beyond

What's coming

Preparing for the Chinese century

A new game plan

If you can't beat them

7. East, East, and away : where the jobs are

Job migration : myth and fact

Job migration and job losses

In context

Who benefits?

Macro promise, micro reality

The economics of job migration

Here we go again?

China and the global labor market

China's job impact

Is your job in jeopardy?

Politics and policies

Navigating the new job landscape

Up (or down) the ladder

8. A TV from Sichuan

The factory to the world meets the consumer of the world

The nation of Wal-Mart

A level playing field

Pricing

Would you buy a Chinese product?

China and the brand

Is "buy American" returning?

9. China rising

Misplaced analogies

The tortoise and the hare

China and the World Trade Organization

Scenarios for the future

Soft landing

Hard landing

Fault lines

Nations and states

Global battle lines.