George F. Brown, Jr., is the CEO and cofounder of Blue Canyon Partners, Inc., a strategy consulting firm working with leading business suppliers on growth strategy. David G. Hartman is Blue Canyon Partners’ China Practice Director. He has been an active participant in China’s markets for over twenty years, speaks Mandarin, and resides in Beijing. Drs. Brown and Hartman have written extensively on the emerging challenges of the next generation of competitors from China.