Deborah Fallows
The author of Dreaming in Chinese, Deborah Fallows spent the last few years absorbing the culture, the politics, and the people of China to offer talks that give a refreshingly different take of the world's next superpower. Unlike many observers, she shed her Western preconceptions, and relied on her background in linguistics to grasp the enormity of Chinese life through language.
While writing Dreaming in Chinese, Deborah Fallow's approach allowed her to understand many of the idiosyncrasies that confound the West when interacting with the Chinese. As the New York Times Sunday Book Review says, "Fallows presents the common Chinese viewpoint," adding that she "sticks to her own experiences and observations, which make her book all the more valuable." A Harvard graduate with a PhD in Linguistics, Fallows is also the author of A Mother's Work, which deals with child-rearing in the working-mom age. She most recently worked in research and polling for the Pew Internet Project.
Fallow's writing on women, education, work, and travel has appeared in, among others, The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, and Newsweek.
The author of Dreaming in Chinese, Deborah Fallows spent the last few years absorbing the culture, the politics, and the people of China to offer talks that give a refreshingly different take of the world's next superpower. Unlike many observers, she shed her Western preconceptions, and relied on her background in linguistics to grasp the enormity of Chinese life through language.
While writing Dreaming in Chinese, Deborah Fallow's approach allowed her to understand many of the idiosyncrasies that confound the West when interacting with the Chinese. As the New York Times Sunday Book Review says, "Fallows presents the common Chinese viewpoint," adding that she "sticks to her own experiences and observations, which make her book all the more valuable." A Harvard graduate with a PhD in Linguistics, Fallows is also the author of A Mother's Work, which deals with child-rearing in the working-mom age. She most recently worked in research and polling for the Pew Internet Project.
Fallow's writing on women, education, work, and travel has appeared in, among others, The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic, and Newsweek.
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Understanding China for Businesses: Exploring the Critical (Human) Aspects and Social Dynamics
