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Reports on 12 Chinese students from the Harvard Business School Class of 1999 and on their decisions of returning to China or remaining in the United States. Why China is in desperate need of elite managers and business people; Details regarding Chinese culture and government, the trends that made Chinese citizens leave, and the promises that encourage them to return; How returning citizens can help the Chinese economy.

The article looks at "Harvard Business Review" (HBR) subscriptions. In the 1930s the journal announced a plan to sell lifetime subscriptions to the journal. The article focuses on two lifetime subscribers. John W. Losse in Salt Lake City, Utah received the subscription to HBR as a gift after he graduated from Harvard Business School in 1939. Ernest Frawley, HBR's general manager, was in Hong Kong and made contact with another HBR lifetime subscriber who then cancelled his subscription. The article discusses the funneling of information from Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China and an HBR survey of subscribers outside the U.S.

The article discusses etiquette training in China and Harvard Business School graduate Sara Jane Ho's Institute Sarita in Beijing, China which provides a debutante course on Western etiquette and social graces as of June 2013. The social change which occurred in America during the 1920s is addressed, along with travel data on Chinese tourists, Emily Post's book "Etiquette in Society, in Business in Politics, and at Home," and Ho's work with Chinese officials and corporate leaders.

The article focuses on the high cost of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in the U.S. it offers information on the website MBA50.com dedicated to outstanding business schools around the world. It offers information on the International Masters Program in Practical Management (IMPM) that run modules in China, Brazil and India.

An interview with Robert Kaplan, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is presented. During economic crisis, he suggests endowment managers to focus on a review of asset allocation decisions and investment managers to manage fund liquidity. He disagrees that there is a leadership crisis in the U.S. He says that China can teach the U.S. on the importance of defining a clear vision for the country.

Information is presented on the Sixth Annual Retail & Luxury Goods Conference held at Harvard Business School in March 2010. At the event, Terry Lundgren, chairman of Macy's Inc., said that he is planning for an international expansion, but entry into China would not yield immediate profits. Gucci chief executive officer (CEO) Patrizio Di Marco spoke about his experience at the world's second largest and most profitable luxury company.

The article profiles Tarun Khanna, professor at Harvard Business School. He works with multinational companies and investors operating in India and China. He suggests that the growth of entrepreneurship in the two countries could help them to get out of the mess they are in and solve problems that governments have failed for several years. He writes a book that focuses on the rise of the two countries in the global economy and how they used opposing practices to become world beaters.