[JohnnyB]

China's Second Continent, How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa, by Howard W. French
Just part way through this, but it is awesome so far. Very real and very raw. The author is a NYT correspondent who has spent many years in both Shanghai and in African countries, so he is very familiar with both. The first hand stories of experiences of how Chinese are entering and taking advantage of opportunity in Africa are fascinating, and far from Western approaches or thinking. Based on what I've read so far I would highly recommend this to anyone who has an interest in the real interaction of tough Chinese entrepreneurs in frontier developing markets.

Edit: The more I get into this, the more I think this is great reading for anyone with an interest in global economics, history or the growing influence of China. So many of the stories do a great job of illustrating how Chinese thinking works in business and how emerging markets are formed in an atmosphere of uncertainty. Very cool book.