Asia Future Shock: Business Crisis and Opportunity in the Coming YearsChina is the world's biggest market for cigarettes. By 2020, 300 million Chinese will be elderly. By 2010, China will have 7 of the world's biggest shopping malls. This book is an invaluable asset for corporate planners and strategists, futurologists, and anyone developing business in Asia as Backman provides an essential map for Asia's future. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Internet Big Business and Freedom | 13 |
Chapter 3 Chinas Military Buildup | 21 |
Chapter 4 20 Million Japanese to go Missing | 31 |
Chapter 5 The Two Koreas to Reunify | 37 |
Chapter 6 The Rush Out of India by Indian Companies | 43 |
Chapter 7 Asias Nuclear Future | 50 |
Chapter 8 Water Wars | 57 |
Chapter 15 China Builds an Economic Bloc based on Corruption | 103 |
The New China? | 110 |
The Next Vietnam | 118 |
Chapter 18 Does Indonesia Have a Future? | 125 |
Chapter 19 From Malaysia Boleh to Malaysia Bodoh? | 132 |
Chapter 20 Chinas Healthcare Sector to Boom | 140 |
Mainland Chinese Tourists | 147 |
Chapter 22 Medical Research to Shift to Asia | 153 |
Chapter 9 China to Have the Worlds Biggest Number of English Speakers | 66 |
Chapter 10 Chinas HR Nightmare | 71 |
Chapter 11 Indias HR Nightmare | 77 |
Asias Shocking Gender Imbalance | 82 |
Chapter 13 Asias Meaningless Borders | 89 |
Chapter 14 Growing Family Breakdown in Asia | 97 |
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