I bought a china doll plant from a local retailer and it seems to love the eastern window in our living room.
I would like to know if by snipping the tops off the plant i can force it to "bush out"

Yes and no, John. If anything will do it, that will, but this is a fairly large tree in its natural habitat, and has a strong urge to grow upwards - often making only one shoot after it is cut. Derek