{"id":922,"date":"2008-06-09T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T21:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/09\/economist-fortune-cookie-chronicles-among-top-10-selling-books-worldwide-on-china-in-may\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T21:06:21","slug":"economist-fortune-cookie-chronicles-among-top-10-selling-books-worldwide-on-china-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/09\/economist-fortune-cookie-chronicles-among-top-10-selling-books-worldwide-on-china-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Economist: Fortune Cookie Chronicles among top 10 selling books worldwide on China in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

My brother IMed me a few days ago to tell me that Fortune Cookie Chronicles was mentioned on page 96 of The Economist<\/a> (subscription required) in the types of books that interest people on China. I was surprised that this far out, it even ranks internationally (even within the narrow topic of China-related), because it is not available in other countries. There is only a U.S. edition. It’s really more a book about America than the United States.
\nChinese takeaway
\nJune 5th 2008
\nFrom The Economist<\/em> print edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three things interest Westerners about China: food, fertility and finance
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153THE China Study\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest-selling book about all things Chinese because it touches on two American obsessions. The first is that you will only live longer if you are able to reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack, diabetes and cancer. The second is that there exists a conspiracy of powerful lobbies, government entities and opportunistic scientists who must be overcome. The Campbells, father and son, are there to show how to achieve both.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153After a long career in research and policymaking,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Colin Campbell, the elder of the two authors, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have decided to step \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcout of the system.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I have decided to disclose why Americans are so confused. As a taxpayer who foots the bill for research and health policy in America, you deserve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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So who is right? The answer is the Chinese. Thomas Jefferson advised Americans that meat should be treated as a condiment for vegetables. Jefferson, like China, is now in fashion. In a nutshell: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Bestselling books about China<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted<\/strong><\/p>\n

by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

2. The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Simon Winchester<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

3. A Bull in China: Investing Profitability in the World’s Greatest Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jim Rogers<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

4. The Tao of Fertility<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Daoshing Ni and Dana Herko<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

5. The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Brother Yun and Paul Hattaway<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

6. China (Lonely Planet Guide)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Damien Harper<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

7. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jung Chang<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

8. The Infertility Cure<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Randine Lewis<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

9. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jennifer 8. Lee<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

10. China Fireworks: How to Make Dramatic Wealth from the Fastest-Growing Economy in the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Robert Hsu<\/p>\n

Click to buy from Amazon.com<\/a> or Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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