Preface ix
Acknowledgments xix
Chapter 1 Let 10,000 Projects Bloom 1
The Wuhu Model 4
The Chongqing Model 9
Global Financial Crisis 12
A Town Called Loudi 15
Li's Story 18
"Manhattan" in China 22
Credit Risk in a One-Party State 26
Cracks in the System 29
Chapter 2 Turning a Zombie Bank into a Global Bank 39
A Life in the Party 41
The Princeling Party: The Beginning of State Capitalism 50
Taking Over a Basket Case 55
Transforming CDB from an ATM Machine 58
Developing a Slogan 62
Beating the Commercial Banks 64
Gao Jian: Creating a Market for "Risk-Free" Bonds 68
The West Self-Destructs: The Financial Crisis 72
Moving Beyond Wall Street 75
Chapter 3 Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: China Development Bank in Africa 85
Made in Ethiopia 90
Ethiopia's Zone: Exporting to the West 94
China-Africa Development Fund: The State's Private Equity Arm 96
Rising Role of China in Africa 101
Fixed Capital: Western-Style Lending 105
African Tiger: Can Ghana Escape the Resource Curse? 108
Fresh Capital 116
Chapter 4 Risk versus Reward: China Development Bank in Venezuela 123
Default in Bolívar's Country 125
China's Venezuelan Adventure 126
Loans for Oil 132
Cars, Housing, and Gold: Good Business for China 136
Ecuador 139
Russia 140
China in the Backyard of the United States 141
Chapter 5 Funding the New Economy 147
Obama's Dream 151
Default-Free Bond Market 153
Financing China's Global Company: Huawei 157
The Final Frontier: Private Equity 163
Acting as a Gatekeeper 167
Imprint of the State 169
Chapter 6 The Future 175
About the Authors 181
Index 183