China’s economy has been booming for decades. A formidable power on the world stage, the China that most people picture is only a rough sketch, based on news coverage. Enter Keyu Jin: a renowned economist who was born in China, educated in the U.S., and is now a professor at the London School of Economics. A voice of the new generation of Chinese who represent a radical break from the past, Jin is uniquely poised to explain how China became the most successful economic story of our time. What follows is an illuminating account of a burgeoning world power, its past, and its potential future.