巨变中国

Preface/1

1TheBeginning:1978-1983/3

DengOpenstheDoortotheWorld/4

WhereWilltheMoneyComefrom?/15

ShenzhenSpecialEconomicZone/21

ReformatCapitalSteel/27

ShootingStarsintheCountryside/34

2CommotionandTumult:1984-1992/41

1984,the"FoundingYear"ofMajorChineseEnterprises/42

ATwo-trackPricingPolicyandaTriptoHainanIsland/52

AllowingPricesto"BreakthroughthePass"/63

"HarnessingandRectifying"/69

3RadicalDreams:1993-1997/83

RulingoverChaoswithan"IronWrist"/85

PriceWars/97

BecomingOneoftheFortune500/103

UnexpectedChanges/111

4SwampsandLandmines:1998-2002/119

SomeHairpins/120

TheBirthingoftheStockMarket,andItsChronicProblems/129

StrideonovertheRainbow/138

TheChinaThreat/147

5ResponsibilityandReason:2003-2008/153

SARS,HousingBubbles,ElectricityPanics/154

TradeFrictions/162

InternetEconomics/176

GreatNationPassion/184

Crossroads/191

Acknowledgments/196

　　过去30年中国经济的崛起，无疑是人类历史上最令人瞩目的事件之一，也是中华民族奋进史上最值得记录的一段光辉岁月。在西方人眼里，中国的巨变始终是一个谜。这里有着极其特殊的文化背景与意识形态，有着异常复杂的经济格局与利益冲突，如何引领一个拥有十几亿人口的农业大国迈向现代化，堪称是“前无古人，后无来者”的巨大命题，其探索之艰辛、震荡之激烈超乎任何人的想象。　　TheascentofChinaseconomyoverthepastthirtyyearsmaybeoneofthemoreremarkablehappeningsinhumanhistory.Fewunderstandit.ThoseoutsideChinaconsiderthemassivechangesamystery.ThoseinsideChinahavebeenchallengedwithtakingmorethan1.3billionpeoplefromanagrarianexistenceintothemodernworld,andinthefaceofcomplexeconomicsinvolvingextremeconflictsofinterest.Nobodyeverdiditbefore;nobodywilleverdoitagain.Giventheconvulsiveupheavalsrequired,thedifficultyofthetaskhasbeen,andremains,hardtoimagine.　　Thisbookdescribesthoseupheavalsandthatprocessovertheyearsfrom1978to2008.Itrepresentsaremarkableachievementincondensingawelterofeventsandchangesdowntothebareessentials.Insummingupaperiodofhistory,italsoservesasaqueryaboutwhatistocomenext.Wherearetheconvulsivechangesleading,notonlyforChina,butfortheworld.　　Everystretchofhistoryhasitsowninternallogic.Thereaderofthisbookmaybeconfrontedwithamore"real"Chinathanhehasknownbefore.Underthesurfaceripples,divergingstreams,uneventumult,hemaydiscernthemiddleofthechannel,thatgreaterinternallogicatwork.itrepresentstheflowofapeople,quiteanancientnationofpeople,coursingwithallvigor,allcourage,allhope,towardanuncertainfuture.