“我从来不是咖啡迷。当然,中国是喝茶的地方。但我现在忍不住了。而且,我最喜欢现在登陆的地方。我大部分会议和交流在这里举行,混合了中国茶馆和西方咖啡厅的奇妙气氛。”《北京咖啡厅报道》就这样开始。作者观察飞速变化的当代中国,提供了一系列迷人的报道。
乔纳森•吉尔达特在北京度过了五年时间,访问了中国商界领袖、意见领袖和普通人,深刻领会中国正在形成的非凡经济和民族,洞察他们的生活、商业和文化。本书的故事和素描既迷人又深刻,开启了一道门户,观察新中国真正的商业和生活。
目录:
Chapter 1 Starving for brands
Chapter 2 Budget hotels and agility
Chapter 3 Insurance an investment and a cost
There is no Chapter four
Chapter 5 The Journalist
Chapter 6 The Welsh, Chinese oil man
Chapter 7 On marriage, banks and service
Chapter 8 Pollution and window cleaners
Chapter 9 The lawyer
Chapter 10 A woman of substance
Chapter 11 The professor
Chapter 12 Being gay in China
Chapter 13 'Youth culture
Chapter 14 The entrepreneur
Chapter 15 The research assistant with ambitions
Chapter 16 The writer
Chapter 17 The story of China film
Chapter 18 On marriage and women's empowerment
Chapter 19 The manager
Chapter 20 The WeChat millionaire
Chapter 21 The Chinese-American
Chapter 22 The raspberry Entrepreneur
Chapter 23 Facing West
Chapter 24 Against all odds
Postscript A letter to the reader