Books by Anne Stevenson-Yang
Anne Stevenson-Yang spent over 25 years in China. She co-founded J Capital Research in late 2007, was co-founder of Blue Bamboo Ventures and Clarity Data Systems, as well as a publishing company whose flagship magazine is City Weekend. She has also worked as an industry analyst and trade advocate, heading the U.S. Information Technology Office and, from 1993 to 1997, the China operations of the U.S.-China Business Council.
“I’m really interested in what all of this modernization, this tumultuous change, has done to the psychology of ordinary people. There are people who leave their children behind in their native villages with the grandparents and go back only once a year. Now, there’s this huge development of so-called cities: people are moved to apartment complexes out of their original villages. They leave their communities, they go to different schools. It’s probably leading to a lot of social problems in China and it’s very much underrepresented.” Read more...
Books to Change the Way You Think About China
Anne Stevenson-Yang, Entrepreneurs & Business People
Interviews with Anne Stevenson-Yang
Books to Change the Way You Think About China, recommended by Anne Stevenson-Yang
It’s important to understand what goes on beneath the surface in China, and how people feel and react, says Anne Stevenson-Yang, who spent many decades living and working there. She recommends books to better understand the country, from its imperial history to the economic take-off of the last four decades.
Interviews where books by Anne Stevenson-Yang were recommended
Books to Change the Way You Think About China, recommended by Anne Stevenson-Yang
It’s important to understand what goes on beneath the surface in China, and how people feel and react, says Anne Stevenson-Yang, who spent many decades living and working there. She recommends books to better understand the country, from its imperial history to the economic take-off of the last four decades.
