{"product_id":"engines-of-fortune-paperback","title":"Engines of Fortune - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuotai Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJicheng Sun\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eYingrui Gong\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir chronicles the remarkable journey of Mr. Guotai Yu, a man who rose from humble beginnings as a farmer and teacher in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, to become an entrepreneur during China's transformative reform and opening-up era (1981-2000).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his memoir, Guotai Yu offers a highly personal and detailed aceount of how Chinese society and businesses operated at local and provincial levels during China's opening and reform in the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis account highlights the importance of guanxi, navigating official paperwork and bureaucracy, and the necessity of maintaining constant determination. It also relates numerous old Shandongese legends, along with personal anecdotes that are both highly entertaining and in-formative, about how China transitioned from the Mao era to the present century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49550608335000,"sku":"9781966814122","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/smIuxCo97x9781966814122.webp?v=1784901493","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/engines-of-fortune-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}