I was never really a big coffee drinker and, of course, tea is the thing in China. But I just can t help myself. Also, the place I have now landed in, and my favorite, where most of my meetings and conversations seem to take place, is an eclectic mix of Chinese tea house and Western coffee shop. Thus, begins Notes from a Beijing Coffee Shop, in which the author provides a series of fascinating observations of today s fast-changing China. Jon Geldart has spent the past five years in Beijing. His conversations with Chinese business leaders, opinion formers and ordinary Chinese provide deep...