Will the Boat Sink the Water--Book Review

With all the daily optimism about China and the China market, it’s necessary to regularly and consciously take a step back and look at China from a different perspective. “Will the Boat Sink the Water,” is just that perspective.If you’re reading this blog, you’ve got a computer and a degree of education and distance that means you will most likely never personally see this China. Sure you may travel through it, but you will never experience the China of the 900 million peasants that have been literally passed by as the other 40% of China rushes head long into the 21st century.Based on the 3 years of research by a Chinese husband and wife team, this book illuminates the troubles and personal impacts what the last thirty years of Reform and Opening up have had on most Chinese people. Stories of horrible corruption, extortion, abuse and ultimately, stories of a loss of hope for the future for many peasants that can’t reach the wealth that they see in the east coast cities.This is the story of many of the workers that we, Western Businesspeople, see when we place orders, inspect factories, check production and ship products. This is the story of the families behind the rows of uniformed, 20-something, factory faces.