A Year Without ‘Made in China’ provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives. Drawing on her years as an award-winning journalist, author Sara Bongiorni fills this book with engaging stories and anecdotes of her family’s attempt to outrun China’s reach-by boycotting Chinese made products-and does a remarkable job of taking a decidedly big-picture issue and breaking it down to a personal level.
Daftar Isi
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE
Farewell, My Concubine 5
CHAPTER TWO
Red Shoes 31
CHAPTER THREE
Rise and China 47
CHAPTER FOUR
Manufacturing Dissent 63
CHAPTER FIVE
A Modest Proposal 79
CHAPTER SIX
Mothers of Invention 95
CHAPTER SEVEN
Summer of Discontent 111
CHAPTER EIGHT
Red Tide 127
CHAPTER NINE
China Dreams 141
CHAPTER TEN
Meltdown 155
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The China Season 175
CHAPTER TWELVE
Road’s End 191
Epilogue 219
About the Author 229
Index 231
Tentang Penulis
SARA BONGIORNI is a writer and journalist who has worked at news-papers and business publications in California and Louisiana. Her ‘beat’ has included international trade and its impact on local economies. Bongiorni has won local, state, and national awards for her articles, including a 2002 Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for her part in a series on the impact of out-migration on the Louisiana economy. Bongiorni graduated from the University of California, San Diego, and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.