Tim Clissold (Chinese name: 祈立天) is a Western writer on business in China. He is the author of a memoir detailing how he helped the

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Jack Perkowski Jack Perkowski is a Wall Street veteran, author, and the founder and Managing Partner of JFP Holdings, Ltd. He is also the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of ASIMCO Technologies, an automotive components company in China. He was one of the ...

to invest, lose and recover over $400 million in

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as the country first opened up to

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.Dan Fitzpatrick
"'Mr. China' -- Pittsburgher's status borders on mythical"
''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', 22 November 2006 His book detailed the numerous ways the fund lost money and the steps it took to recover it.Gady A. Epstein

''Forbes'', April 25, 2008,Scott Cendrowski
"Businesses Going Into China Need to Know These Rules First"
"Fortune", December 3, 2016 Clissold was president of the foreign-invested ASIMCO Technologies before parting company from Perkowski, who claims never to have read the book that gave him the nickname Mr. China. Time Magazine described ''Mr China'' as 'an instant classic.' Bill Powell
"Books: Mr. China Hits the Road"
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'', 20 February 2005 Clissold has since written two more books, ''Chinese Rules'' and ''Cloud Chamber''. The

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Shanghai correspondent wrote of ''Chinese Rules'': 'Read Tim Clissold, the British businessman whose book ''Mr China'' is probably the best I've ever come across about China. Now he has written another: it's about what makes China tick - for foreigners who can clearly hear it ticking but can't quite figure out why

Clissold is a Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge University China Forum at

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and non-executive director of London Stock Exchange quoted investment trusts, Henderson Far East Income and Baillie Gifford China Growth.

Bibliography

*''Mr. China: A Memoir'', HarperBusiness, 2005 *''Chinese Rules'', HarperCollins, 2014 *''Cloud Chamber'', Commercial Press of China, 2021

References

External links

*Tim Clissold
Mr Wang's chemical factory

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, 18 September 2007
Tim Clissold's website
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