Preface
1 The Beginning\" 1978-1983
Deng Opens the Door to the World
Where Will the Money Come from
Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
Reform at Capital Steel
Shooting Stars in the Countryside
2 Commotion and Tumult: 1984-1992
1984, the \"Founding Year\" of Major Chinese Enterprises
A Two-track Pricing Policy and a Trip to Hainan Island
Allowing Prices to \"Break through the Pass
\"Harnessing and Rectifying
3 Radical Dreams: 1993-1997
Ruling over Chaos with an \"Iron Wrist
Price Wars
Becoming One of the Fortune 500
Unexpected Changes
4 Swamps and Landmines: 1998-2002
Some Hairpins
The Birthing of the Stock Market, and Its Chronic Problems
Stride on over the Rainbow
The China Threat
5 Responsibility and Reason: 2003-2007
SARS, Housing Bubbles, Electricity Panics
Trade Frictions
Internet Economics
Great Nation Passion
6 The Bigger the Pond, the Bigger the Fish: 2008-2018
2008: An Uncertain Beginning
2009: The Cost of V-shaped Bounce
2010: Surpassing Japan
2011: Will China Break
2012: The End of the First Half
2013: Sleepless Money
2014: Return of the Bubble
2015: The Year of Extremes
2016: The Black Swan Is Flying
2017: Arrival of the New Middle-class Era
2018: The 40th Year of China's Reform