The day after her Beijing book signing, I checked in with Chin-Ning to ask if anyone showed up. She had been angry with her publishers, who only started publicizing it the day before. She was sure the store would be empty. "Oh yes," she says, with exhaustion in her voice. "So many People came, they had to close the door to stop them coming." --DMA

When Chin-Ning Chu left Taiwan for America at age 22, she had only a suitcase and two books. The books were The Art of War and a strange, slim volume called Thick Black Theory. She says, "I somehow sensed these books would be important to my life in America. "She settled in California and worked at a number of jobs, including real estate sales, before discovering her real gift: helping Westerners make deals in the risky, fast growing Asian world. Her consulting company in Antioch, Calif, is called Asian Marketing Consultants Inc.

International executives at Chin-Ning's Beijing seminar.

In Hong Kong, Chin-Ning speaks for a film on The Art of War.

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