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Q Semiconductor manufacturing, xii–xiii
Qiming Ventures, 74, 96 Sequoia Capital, xvii, 85–86, 89, 108
Qing Hua University, 9 Sequoia Capital China, 12, 86
Qingwen, Sun, 109 Shanda Interactive, 5
Qualcomm, 119 Shanghai Xin Tian Di complex, 88
Shangri-La Hotel (Hangzhou, Shanghai),
R 22–23
Ra’anana, 129 Shao, Bo, 20, 25–26, 157n4–5
Rafsky, Larry, 8 Shen, Neil, 86
Rand McNally, 103 Shenkar, Oded, xv, 156n16
Rashtchy, Safa, 6, 136 Shihe, Zhang, 73
Rebello, Jagdish, 145–146 Shihua Financial Information, 114
Rebtel Networks, 129 Shong, Hugo, xviii
Red Herring, xvii, xix, 91, 94, 135 Shuixing, Lin, 41
Redstone, Sumner, 69 Silicon Valley, as inspiration and capital
Renminbi, xx, 108 source, ix–x, xvii–xviii, 11–13, 85–94
RenRen.com, 58, 68 Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), 94
Reporters without Borders, 72 SINA Corp., 48, 73, 96, 117
Returnees (“sea turtles”), x, xiii, 4, 45–48, Sina.com, 48, 93
50–51, 66, 95 Skype, xviii, 26, 89, 123–124, 126, 131, 133,
Rieschel, Gary, 74, 96 136
Risks SmartGuider, 106
innovation, xiii–xvii, 85–94 SMIC (Semiconductor International Manu-
venture capital investment, 87–88, facturing Corp.), xiii, 93, 150
90–92, 97–98 SMS (subscriber identity module) messaging,
(See also Competition; specific 114, 124–125, 128–130
companies) Social networking and Oak Pacific Inter-
Rockefeller family, 88 active, 57–70
Ross, Blake, 140 Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund, 90
Rubenstein, David, ix Softbank Corp., 76
Sohu.com, 48, 65–67, 69, 73
S Sonnen, Dave, 108
Saffo, Paul, xiii–xiv, 156n11 Sony, xix
Salesforce.com, 114 Soros, George, 69
Samsung, 79 Ssmop.com, 68
San Jose Mercury News, 75 St. Regis Hotel (Beijing), 45
Sand Hill Road (See Venture capital Stanford University, x, xvi, 58, 61, 65–67, 69,
investment) 71, 75, 85–86, 88, 95, 109, 138
Sandell, Scott, 92 Starbucks, 93
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), Start-ups
94–95, 110–111 Alibaba.com and Jack Ma, xvi, 19–31
Saxenian, AnnaLee, 155n2 Baidu and Robin Li, 3–18
Schlein, Ted, 90 Bokee and Fang Xingdong, 72–81
Schmidt, Benno, 95 cash-flow, 52
Schmidt, Eric, 13–14 Chinacars Inc. and John Zhang, 45–55
“Sea turtles” (returnees), x, xiii, 4, 45–48, Dangdang.com and Peggy YuYu, 36–42
50–51, 66, 95 domestic vs. foreign–operated, 35
Search engines (See Baidu; Google; Yahoo!) investment in, ix–xi, 86–89, 91–92,
Seiko, 42 96–97
Semiconductor International Manufacturing LatticePower and Jiang Fengyi, xv,
Corp. (SMIC), xiii, 93, 150 143–151

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