It was an upside-down world in which manufacturers thought nothing of
manipulating product quality in order to save pennies, where previously
savvy foreign business leaders were taken for a ride by their partners,
where entire manufacturing facilities sometimes vanished into thin air.
Welcome to Poorly Made in China!

When he arrived in South China as a recently minted, Mandarin-speaking
Wharton MBA at the height of the boom in export manufacturing, Paul
Midler was sought out by a number of foreign companies.from American
importers of discount soap and shampoo to Belgian diamond merchants to
New York waste paper recyclers all looking for help in the new economy.
The adventurs came fast, as did the business and cultural lessons.

Poorly Made in China is a dramatic romp through China's export
manufacturing sector. The story follows Midler from one project to
the next, revealing business and cultural challenges and exposing the
dangerous cat-and-mouse games that take place between Chinese companies
and their foreign counterparts.

An engaging business narrative told with humor and insight, this true
story pulls back the curtain on the rising Chinese economy, providing
an up-close look at the rough-and-tumble environment in which so many
of our consumer products are being made.

Poorly Made in China is the tale of a modern-day gold rush and its
consequences, the chronicle of a rising economic power and its path
along a steep growth curve. Entertaining and enlightening, the book
reveals the extent to which culture affects business dealings, and
ultimately suggest that we may have more to be concerned about than
product failures alone.

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