This book gives a detailed account of what day to day life is like in a second tier city in China today. It compares the Chinese way to the west and shows what needs to be addressed in China in order for them to become a real contender in global business. In contrast the book highlights the many wonderful positive attributes of the Chinese people, as they work in teams and thrive on relationships and trust. The western managers reading this will find some of the inherent strengths of the Chinese employees a little disconcerting when they look at what their western employees have to offer. This is a close look at China today focusing on what advantages their heritage and culture has afforded them and how they can use these to overcome the many gaps they have before they can be serious competition in the global arena. It offers the western manager insight into the massive threat that lies behind the Great Wall, and how they should be preparing to combat the awesome power that will inevitably confront them in their own back yard.