The China Price – The true cost of Chinese competitive advantage
By Alexandra Harney
The Penguin Press, $25.95

Anyone running a company that outsources manufacturing to China, or is thinking of doing so, needs to read this book. In 319 well-written pages, Alexandra Harney describes the practices used by unscrupulous companies and their owners in China to extract greater profits from western partners, to the detriment of their employees and western consumers alike.