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The authors would like to thank everyone who encouraged and supported us
during the writing of this book. We are grateful to Mrs. Yow Bee Wah, who
has kindly consented to the use of her painting for our book cover. We are
also indebted to Aalborg University for their encouragement and support for
the project. We would especially like to thank Wendy Johnson for preparing
figure 2.1 on the `Trajectory of Western Civilisation` and Edson Granja,
for assisting with figure 7.1. on the structure of the Mitsui group. We
would also like to thank Piero Formica and Brian Johnson for their critical
comments, proofreading, constructive suggestions and fresh insights, crucial
to the completion of this book. |
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Yow Yit-Seng
Perth, Australia |
Greg MacDonald
Riga, Latvia |
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