China's Global Reach: Markets, Multinationals, Globalization

China is on the rise! A fast developing China is altering the global map. Get the inside story -- from a Chinese commentator-business strategist -- of China's emergence as a global leader!

George Zhibin Gu was educated at Nanjing University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Michigan. He holds two MS and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Since 1990, he has been an investment banker and business consultant. He has worked for the last 15 years in the investment world with a focus on China. His work focuses on helping international businesses to invest in China and the Chinese companies to expand overseas. He has worked for Prudential Securities, Lazard, and State Street Bank, among others. He generally covers mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, business expansion and restructuring.
Also, he is a popular commentator on political, economic, and business issues. His articles or columns have appeared in Asia Times, Beijing Review, The Seoul Times, Financial Sense, Gurus Online, Money Week, Online Opinion, Asia Venture Capital Journal, and Sinomania, among others. He is the author of two additional books, China Beyond Deng—Reforms in the PRC (McFarland, 1991) and Made in China – Players and Challengers in the 21st Century (Portuguese edition, Centro Atlantico, 2005). He now resides in Guangdong, China.