Chapter 16 thank you

Many, many people have helped me understand the Chinese economy.Without them, I would never have been able to do what I do now, nor would I be able to write this book on my own. First of all, I would like to give special thanks to Yang Yanchun and Shen Lan, without their excellent translations, you might not be able to read this book. The late Professor David Wall, an expert on China in the UK, he (and Professor Zhang Jun from Fudan University) carefully guided my doctoral studies and gave me one of the best think tanks in London, Royal International Affairs Opportunity to work at the Institute (Chatham House).There, Victor Bulmer Thomas helped me tremendously.During my PhD, Dudley Fishburn of The Economist offered me a job at their annual publication, The Worldin…, an experience that opened many doors and taught me how to properly Writing creates wonderful opportunities. In 2004, Gerard Lyons offered me my current dream job, doing Chinese economic research at Standard Chartered Bank.He and my boss Kwan Ka-ming, who is based in Hong Kong, gave me an incredible amount of freedom to write whatever I wanted.It is difficult for most bank analysts to have such freedom.In China, Jingxuan Zeng and other senior executives at Standard Chartered Bank gave me endless support.However, it should be noted that the views and positions expressed in this book do not represent those of Standard Chartered Bank.

Many "outside" scholars have generously given their time and expertise.They were very friendly, took the time to chat with me, or answered my questions via email, and many of them I can proudly call friends.I would like to thank (in no particular order): DanRosen, Nicholas Lardy, Steve Barnett, Eswar Prasad, Vivek Arora, Louis Kuijs, Wang Tao, Calla Weimar, Nicholas Hope, Harry Wu, Arthur Kroeber, Trevor Houser, Thomas Rawski, Terry Sicular, Charlene Chu, May Yan, Jonathan Anderson, Paula Peltonen, Wang Zhi, Phil Colby, Ma Guonan, Fred Hu. I would also like to give special thanks to the researchers who will be discussed in this book-it is on their shoulders that I have been able to complete this book.The original data for many charts in the book come from their research works.Thanks to Angus Maddison, Harry Wu, Yasheng Huang, Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt (and Cambridge University Press), Gabor Pula, Christine Wong and others permission to use their data in the book.I would also like to thank CEIC for allowing me to use their data in several graphs in the book.

I also want to thank many Chinese scholars.I have been privileged to stand on their shoulders and see things I would never have seen without them.thank you all. Thanks to Yu Yongding, Cai Fang, He Fan, Wang Xiaolu, Shen Minggao, and Zhu Baoliang. There are many others whose names are inconvenient to write down here, and I would like to thank them all. Likewise, many experts from the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, as well as relevant government officials in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningxia, Suzhou, Nanchang, Dalian, and Shenzhen The invaluable help given by the department for my research.I would like to express my sincere gratitude to each of them.

In the past five years, I have had the honor to visit countless corporate customers and conduct in-depth research on their factories. The industries they are in range from computer production in the suburbs of Shanghai, automobile manufacturing in Chongqing, to small sofa processing in Shenzhen, and so on.It is very rare and valuable to understand their personal experience of market storms. I would also like to thank my friends in the media.I found that many excellent Chinese journalists are very knowledgeable about the actual situation.I also wish they had more opportunities to put what they saw with their own eyes into writing.Many journalists have generously allowed me to share the fruits of their labor with their readers.Special thanks to the journalists of Economic Observer, China Business News, 21st Century Business Herald and Caijing.

Finally, I would like to thank many good colleagues at Standard Chartered Bank.It was a joy to work with them, I learned a lot from them, and a lot of people took a lot of time out of their busy schedules to teach me this and that.Special thanks to Frank Wu, Chang Zhong and Li Wei.They are all colleagues I work closely with in Shanghai.If I had the mathematical talent of Li Wei, I think I would become a real economist. If you don't mind my rambling, I also want to thank my mom and sister.They are still in London, and I rarely see them, but I think of them often.I guess mom doesn't quite understand what I'm doing - but it's the love and care she's shown me over the years that has made me who I am.

This book is dedicated to Thuyngan Pham.She is the smartest, funniest, most beautiful non-economist I have ever known.After we met in Beijing a few years ago, the time spent with her has brightened my day.What she sees in me I always don't see myself.Oh, but economists don't know everything.