Michael Backman specialises in Asia's economies and Asian corporate practice. He is the author of the international bestseller Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia named by The Economist as one of the finest non-fiction books published for the year. He is the author or co-author of four other books on Asian business and culture and has a long-running and widely-read Asian business column in the Melbourne Age newspaper. He has lived and worked in Asia, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on Asia, both for companies and at public events. He is based in London when not travelling in Asia.   See www.michaelbackman.com for more information.