The Peoples’ Republic of China have hired several hundred socalled
foreign experts and assigned them to specifi c state owned
enterprises (SOE’s) to help transform these into modern world class
companies. As far as I know, I was the fi rst and only foreigner heading
up the human resources in such an enterprise.
The purpose of this short book is to provide a snapshot of what
really happens inside: how the party functions in the company: how
people issues are addressed including industrial and social unrest: the
problems around petty irregularities and resistance to change: the daily
challenges facing non-China nationals and fi nally, how companies are
bought and integrated outside The Peoples’ Republic.