Alexandra Harney
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Alexandra Harney was formerly a Financial Times correspondent, covering Tokyo and southern China. She has contributed to National Public Radio, the BBC World Service, the Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, and CNN.com. She was named a Young Leader by the National Committee on US-China Relations, and selected as a delegate to the United States-Japan Foundation’s Leadership Program for 2008 and 2009.
Please visit www.thechinaprice.org |
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THE CHINA PRICE: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage Penguin, March 2008 Genre: Current Events & Politics Agent: Dan Mandel Foreign Sales |
| Over the last decade, Chinese factories have emerged as the world’s leading contract manufacturers of consumer goods by offering prices as much as thirty to fifty percent below their rivals. Yet few consumers know the true story behind the products they buy at stores like Wal-Mart, Nike, and The Gap. Through investigative reporting and exclusive interviews, The China Price goes behind the scenes at some of the world’s biggest factories to uncover the true cost of China’s jaw-dropping low prices. |