Strategy+Business China's Five Surprises

I found Strategy+Business' recent article, China's Five Surprises, to be fascinating (free registration required for access).

It reinforced what I have experienced, but most importantly never mentally or otherwise distilled into distinct or concrete categorizations before.

As regular readers may know, I've spent serious time in parts of China, briefed Chinese government officials on computer security (while the US Navy was blockading Chinese wargames a bit too near Taiwan - 'twas tense), and have roughly a startup and a half in Hong Kong/China right now. As a side note, naive Cantonese friends once dubbed me an honorary "Chinaman" after a very late night of eating and drinking in Kowloon :)

The five surprises, without much commentary from me - see the article for details:

The "Why not me?"” attitude towards success

Fearless experimenting in business and technology

China'’s "“brain gain"” - when you're hot, you can attract many of the best

The formerly patronage-based economy - no longer the way it is

China's overseas ambitions and connections