China's Trump Card

Acknowledgments

This book could not have been completed without the help of many awesome individuals. My beloved wife Theresa read the first draft of the manuscript while serving me a bowl of noodles when I was burning the midnight oil. A special appreciation to my niece Tiffany Kwok, a smart, passionate student in political science at the University of Toronto who served as my secret “reviewer” and offered me helpful comments.

Thanks to everyone on the Wiley team, notably Gladys (Syd) Ganaden, Purvi Patel, and Karen Weller, who helped me so much in the publication process.

I thank my employer, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) for approving this external engagement with Wiley. I am indebted to Richard Yetsenga, ANZ's Chief Economist, for supporting this endeavor and my personal development. Richard and many colleagues I've collaborated with closely during the past decade are an integral part of my career development.

This book covers a very complicated subject. I have benefited from many knowledgeable individuals in the business community, institutional investors, and policymakers. Many of them have significant stakes in the Sino–US economic relationship. They've offered me many different perspectives in analyzing this trillion-dollar question. I can only express my gratitude to them anonymously.

Last, but not least, without God's provision I wouldn't be able to do any of this when the world is beset by pandemic and other socio-chaotic woes.

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