Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
Paul Midler wrote this fascinating insider's account of Chinese manufacturing. But I am not sure all that he writes about is representative of the whole industry. There were a lot of personal anecdotes about the "quality fade" that happens once the factory gets the business - how the manufacturers actually make money from apparently low profit contracts, and the general short term thinking of the Chinese manufacturers.
