中国は世界第二位の経済大国で、製造業競争力および貿易額では世界最大、世界の鉄鋼と石炭の半分を消費し、海外旅行者の最大の供給国で、東南アジアからアフリカ、ラテン・アメリカに至る発展途上国に対し最も強い影響力を持つ投資国の一つであり、その経済成長は世界で存在感を発揮するための土台となっています。今日、多国籍企業は中国で毎年何十億ドルもの利益を上げていて、世界中のトレーダーは中国の手に負えない株式市場の変動に戦々恐々としています。それは資本主義経済が権威主義的な共産党に支配されていると読み解くこともでき、しかもその支配は緩む気配がありません。
貿易紛争や「一帯一路」構想をめぐる問題、そして軍事力の増強など、中国は頻繁にニュースで取り上げられています。他の主要経済圏とは大きく異なる政治体制や価値観を持つ国が、政治的・技術的な課題を抱えているというのは、先行きの不透明さに加え、恐怖さえ生み出します。中国はどのようにしてこれほどまでに急速な成長を続けているのか。果たして環境破壊、債務の急増、汚職の横行といった問題を解決しながら、今後も成長し続けることができるのか。活気のある経済と一党独裁の抑圧的体制はいつまで併存できるのか。中国の変化は世界にどのような影響を及ぼすのか。本書は、このような疑問に答えながら、中国の変化とそれが何を意味するのかについて、私たちの理解を深めてくれます。
この第2版では、トランプの貿易戦争や技術覇権競争など、米中の戦略的対立の起源と展開についても包括的に論じています。毛沢東以来の強力な指導者となった習近平の出現を反映する形で最近変化した中国の政治システム、影の銀行の盛衰や世界の金融市場との統合が進む金融業界にも言及します。このほか、飛躍的な技術発展と、アリババやテンセントのような世界的インターネットの覇者の台頭についても取り上げ、過去30年間における最も驚くべき経済的発展と政治的背景を簡潔に紹介します。
    

• The only comprehensive one-volume treatment of China's economic rise for the general reader on the market
• Provides context for high profile recent news events such as the US-China trade war, and the growing controversies over China's Belt and Road Initiative
• Succinct introduction to key features of China's business environment, and the risks and opportunities for international businesses operating in China or competing with Chinese firms in other markets

　　　
China's economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to Africa to Latin America. Multinational companies make billions of dollars in profits in China each year, while traders around the world shudder at every gyration of the country's unruly stock markets. Perhaps paradoxically, its capitalist economy is governed by an authoritarian Communist Party that shows no sign of loosening its grip.
　　
China is frequently in the news, whether because of trade disputes, the challenges of its Belt and Road initiative for global infrastructure, or its increasing military strength. China's political and technological challenges, created by a country whose political system and values differ dramatically from most of the other major world economies, creates uncertainty and even fear.
　　
China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a concise introduction to the most astonishing economic and political story of the last three decades. Arthur Kroeber enhances our understanding of China's changes and their implications. Among the essential questions he answers are: How did China grow so fast for so long? Can it keep growing and still solve its problems of environmental damage, fast-rising debt and rampant corruption? How long can its vibrant economy co-exist with the repressive one-party state? How do China's changes affect the rest of the world?
　　
This thoroughly revised and updated second edition includes a comprehensive discussion of the origins and development of the US-China strategic rivalry, including Trump's trade war and the race for technological supremacy. It also explores the recent changes in China's political system, reflecting Xi Jinping's emergence as the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. It includes insights on changes in China's financial sector, covering the rise and fall of the shadow banking sector, and China's increasing integration with global financial markets. And it covers China's rapid technological development and the rise of its global Internet champions such as Alibaba and Tencent.