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1、BeginReadingTableofContentsPhotosNewslettersCopyrightPageInaccordancewiththeU.S.CopyrightActof1976,thescanning,uploading,andelectronicsharingofanypartofthisbookwithoutthepermissionofthepublisherconstituteunlawfulpiracyandtheftoftheauthor’sintellectualproperty.Ifyouwouldliketousema
2、terialfromthebook(otherthanforreviewpurposes),priorwrittenpermissionmustbeobtainedbycontactingthepublisheratpermissions@hbgusa.com.Thankyouforyoursupportoftheauthor’srights.ForWilla,Cassidy,Finn,andAddieSoyouwillknowwhyBoppahasspentsomuchtimeinChinaVisitingwithfuturepresidentXiJin
3、pingatHangzhou’sfamedWestLakeStateGuestHouseonmyfirsttriptoChinaasTreasurysecretaryinSeptember2006(APPhoto/EugeneHoshiko)PrefaceChina’srisetoeconomicsuperpowersurelyranksamongthemostextraordinarystoriesinhistory.Inbarelythreedecades,thisoncebackward,insularcountryhasmovedhundredso
4、fmillionsofpeopleoutofpovertywhileturningitselfintotheworld’ssecond-biggesteconomy.Icanthinkofnocountrythathasgrownsomuchsoquickly.TheU.S.’srisetoindustrialsupremacyaftertheCivilWarcomestomind,buttheChinesemayhavealreadyoutstrippedourgreatrun,andthey’renotdoneyet.Inthenot-too-dist
5、antfuture,theyarelikelytosurpassusastheworld’sbiggesteconomy,knockingusoffaperchwe’veoccupiedfornearly150years.China’stransformationhasbeenasspectacularasithasbeenswift.Itsspanking-newskyscrapers,high-speedraillines,andspace-ageairportsstandinsharpcontrasttoourownincreasinglycreak
6、yinfrastructure.OnedaywereadofaChineseentrepreneur’sgrandioseplanstospend$50billiontocarveapassagethroughNicaraguatwicethesizeofthePanamaCanal;thenextwelearnthataChinesedeveloperwantstobuyachunkofIceland;thenit’samanufacturerturnedbuilderwhohopestoerecttheworld’stallestbuilding,fr
7、omprefabricatedunits,insixmonths.Today’sChinaisalandofsuperlatives.Itishometotheworld’sfastestsupercomputer,thebiggestwind-powerbase,thelongestseabridge.Itproducesandusesnearlyhalfoftheworld’scoal,cement,ironore,andsteel;itconsumes40percentofthealuminumandcopper.Byoneestimate,Chin
8、awillsoonaccountfornearlyhalfofal
