{"product_id":"engines-of-fortune-guotai-yu-9781966814122","title":"Engines of Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis memoir chronicles the remarkable journey of Mr. Guotai Yu, a man who rose from humble beginnings as a farmer and teacher in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, to become an entrepreneur during China's transformative reform and opening-up era (1981-2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his memoir, Guotai Yu offers a highly personal and detailed aceount of how Chinese society and businesses operated at local and provincial levels during China's opening and reform in the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis account highlights the importance of guanxi, navigating official paperwork and bureaucracy, and the necessity of maintaining constant determination. It also relates numerous old Shandongese legends, along with personal anecdotes that are both highly entertaining and in-formative, about how China transitioned from the Mao era to the present century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guotai Yu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966814127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966814122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 1 Plus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Guotai Yu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743041564927,"sku":"9781966814122","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engines-of-fortune-guotai-yu-9781966814122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}