I'd encourage you to read this book, it certainly made me think differently about China: Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
by Henry M. Paulson
I'd rather take economic and business advice from the hobo outside my bus stop screaming at pigeons than take advice from Hank Paulson.
It's not a self help book it's a story
Are you Chinese yourself? I have a number of really great native-born Chinese colleagues.
PHGamer's comment could have been phrased better. But I suspect the actual point is this: It might be hard for a non-Chinese to become rich in China - harder, say, than for a non-US-citizen to become rich in the US.