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Chris West (born 1954) is a British writer. He writes business books under this name. Writing as Christopher West he is author of the China Quartet, four mysteries which, back in the 1990s, were among the first crime novels to be set in the contemporary People's Republic.

After studying economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics, West travelled in China, leading to his first book, Journey to the Middle Kingdom in 1991. Following that, he wrote the four four crime novels featuring Wang Anzhuang, a mid-ranking detective in the Beijing Xing Zhen Ke (Criminal Investigation Department) and his wife, Rosina Lin, a nurse at the Capital Hospital.

More recently, West has concentrated on co-authoring books aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses, the first of which was The Beermat Entrepreneur, co-authored with entrepreneur and speaker Mike Southon, and the most recent of which is Think like an Entrepreneur co-authored with entrepreneur Robbie Steinhouse.

As a solo author he has written Marketing on a Beermat and Perfect Written English, a guide to good, clear writing.

West is married with one daughter and lives near Cambridge.

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