Green, through his language skills and contacts among the securities industry, has mastered the universe in which China's stock and bond markets have emerged. His explanations as to how and why the bits fit together into the big picture will be extremely useful even to long-time China watchers.
One of the pleasures of this book is not unconnected to it being published by The Economist Group. Green, an up-and-coming China watcher at the British think tank the Royal Institute of International Affairs, has written extensively for the group on China, and they, in turn, have surely helped hone his sharp, lucid style.
It is certainly light years...