"China has changed dramatically since the first edition of Doing Business in China was published in 2000, but the second, third and now this fourth edition have kept pace with the rapid developments. China is now far more international but the fundamental business culture has not altered...

This work discusses the ideas on leadership that are to be found in the works of Han Fei, the pre-eminent philosopher of Legalism in ancient China. It describes the fundamental Legalist principles of <italic>fa</italic>, <italic>shi</italic> and <italic>shu</italic> and the ‘two handles’ of reward and punishment which were the primary means...