Product Description

Profiting from China without getting burned is currently an obsession with the international investment community. The estimated size of the Chinese economy has just been revised upwards, making it the 4th largest in the world behind the US, Japan and Germany, and ahead of the UK but the idea that investing in China is a sure–fire, get–rich–quick investment story is dangerously misleading.
∗ The author of the bestselling Investment Biker, Adventure Capitalist, and Hot Commodities, is providing a book that provides a window into what will soon be the most vital, most lucrative market of our time: China.
∗ While the Chinese economy has had an annual average growth of 9.4 percent since 1978, and despite the ongoing speculation about China′s future, its stock market is now emerging from a six–year low.
∗ As the Chinese economy continues to lumber toward a free market system – and as the Chinese government inevitably unpegs its currency and opens its stock market to more foreign investment, Rogers foresees an abundance of opportunities for investors.
∗ In this book, he shows readers not only how to take advantage of
China′s coming dominance – what, where, how, and when to buy – but how China will impact individual companies, markets, and economies around the world.
∗ "Nobody with blue eyes has ever made money investing in China," the old saying goes.
Jim Rogers aims to disprove this adage.

Jim Rogers co–founded the Quantum Fund and retired at age 37. Since then, he has served as a sometime professor of finance at Columbia University′s business school, and as a media commentator. He appears twice a week on Fox Business News, and is the author of three immensely successful books.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39320 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 222 pages

Review
"The book reads like a combination of personal memoir, stock pick listings and historical explanation of the Chinese economic miracle."  (Financial Times, Thursday 10th January 2008)

“This latest book continues and expands Rogers’ fascination with and belief in the prospects for the Chinese economy.” (European Voice, Thursday 14th February 2008)

"...what he says matters" (Financial World, March 2008)

Review
"The book reads like a combination of personal memoir, stock pick listings and historical explanation of the Chinese economic miracle."  (Financial Times, Thursday 10th January 2008)

“This latest book continues and expands Rogers’ fascination with and belief in the prospects for the Chinese economy.” (European Voice, Thursday 14th February 2008)

"...what he says matters" (Financial World, March 2008)

From the Back Cover
“[Jim Rogers] presents the case that this truly is going to be China’s century and that anyone who doesn’t take advantage may be taking a big risk.” – The Boston Globe

IF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WAS THE AMERICAN CENTURY, THEN THE TWENTY–FIRST CENTURY BELONGS TO CHINA.

According to the one and only Jim Rogers, who’s been tracking the Chinese economy since he first went to China in 1984, any investor can get in on the ground floor of “the greatest economic boom since England’s Industrial Revolution .” But the time to act is now.

In A Bull in China, you’ll learn which industries offer the newest and best opportunities, from power, energy and agriculture to tourism, water and infrastructure. Rogers demystifies the state policies that are driving earnings and innovation, takes the intimidation factor out of the A–shares, B–shares, and ADRs of Chinese offerings, and profiles “Red Chip” companies, such as Yantai Changyu, China’s largest wine–maker, which sells a “Healthy Liquor” line mixed with herbal medicines. Plus, if you want to export something to China yourself – or even buy land there – Rogers tells you the steps you need to take.

No other book – and no other author – can better help you benefit from the new Chinese revolution. Jim Rogers shows you how to make the “amazing energy, potential, and entrepreneurial spirit of a billion people” work for you.

“Rogers races through the promising and profitable business opportunities China has to offer – in a manner and prose far superior to any other current financial guru–writer’s.” – Booklist

Customer Reviews

The A, ADR, B, H, J, L, N, NET, OTOBB, and STAQ of Trading Chinese Shares
One of the many complications of investing in Chinese equities is deciphering where they can be traded at the lowest cost. Not all shares have the same rights and prices. Early in the book, Jim Rogers spells all of that out for you.

In the same light style that made Investment Biker and Adventure Capitalist entertaining books, Jim Rogers tells you how China became a capitalist country again and is progressing towards becoming a greener, more innovative source of competition. Economic sector by economic sector, he describes where China was, is today, and seems to be headed. At the end of each sector, he lists the companies (and where the trade -- including the ticker symbol) while summarizing what they do and their three-year change in revenues and profits. It's a dazzling overview that you couldn't hope to match by reading a hundred magazine articles.

This book is an excellent complement to Hot Commodities where Mr. Rogers explained beautifully the commodities boom that has enriched so many who have paid attention.

I have two concerns about this book:

1. Why bring this out when Chinese stock multiples are up in the stratosphere after climbing almost 100 percent in 2007?

2. Although he strongly advises buying on dips, what's a dip for a stock that's trading at 75 times next year's projected earnings? There's no advice on this point.

Mr. Rogers is certainly very bullish on China, and he doesn't see much that could go wrong for very long. Hmmm. That story seems familiar. I usually hear it just before a market pops. Is this book a sell signal for China? He points out that you can still play China indirectly through commodities. That is certainly the safer play. Why then invest in China? It's certainly a situation I cannot monitor personally very well. And I have no idea how accurate those financial reports are. I think the book could have used a few more caveats.

Read and learn. But keep thinking before you do anything now.

Good, but not the Investment Biker
I'm a great fan of Jim Rogers and his insights into the world economy, especially when his personal enthusiasm makes its way into what he is writing and his latest book on Investing in China is no exception.

I'd recommend it as a good starter on the general situation in China and its comparison with the USA 100-150 years ago, though overall, despite being an interesting read, I know little more about how a normal investor like me can invest in China at reasonable cost, and if and when I should be doing it than I did before reading this. I also found he often talks about market highs and lows, but without any real help as to how we might identify them. Some charts showing performance of key indicators such as the major chinese markets / indexes, rises in commodity demand, etc. would have been very useful.

One more thing about this book, it's the first mainstream publication I have ever read which appears to have utilised the services of Print-on-demand, and that probably tells us clearly where the publishing world is heading.

Business introduction to china
Jim Rogers, after all his books and after reassuring his readers that china is the future & the next super power; now dedicates a whole book to it. He goes swiftly among every area of the economy in China and includes a small list of companies for every chapter/area of the economy. From oil to cellphones, revising history every step of the way.
He has done a brilliant job in this book. Eye-opening and refreshing.