Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction: Getting Streetwise....Pages 1-7
Youโre Who? Names in Asia....Pages 8-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
China Triumphant....Pages 21-30
China in Crisis....Pages 31-47
Asiaโs Big New Frontier: The Stans of Central Asia....Pages 48-56
The Stans in Detail....Pages 57-76
Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysiaโs Dark Cloud....Pages 77-88
Guns for Hire: Australian Expatriates....Pages 89-97
Nepal: From Democracy to Dictatorship....Pages 98-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Outsourcing: It Need not be India....Pages 113-123
Asiaโs Art Market: For Investment and Connections....Pages 124-137
Singapore, Malaysia, and the International Arms Industry....Pages 138-146
Asiaโs Great Casino Invasion....Pages 147-159
Diamonds, Jains, and Jews....Pages 160-166
From Starbucks to Coffee Bean: Asiaโs Coffee Shop Revolution....Pages 167-175
The Peculiar Market for Birdsโ Nests....Pages 176-181
Wheeling and Dealing in Asian Distressed Debt....Pages 182-190
The Secrets of Asiaโs Five-star Hotels and their Guests....Pages 191-200
Who Owns Patpong? Thailandโs Sex Industry....Pages 201-206
Flowerhorn Fish, Huanghuali, Zi Beads, and Bollywood....Pages 207-223
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Making Money and Avoiding Prejudice: Asiaโs Parsis....Pages 224-232
The Far East and other Nonsense....Pages 233-235
Back Matter....Pages 236-259
