Asia Society has produced a multimedia site in which 100 experts are asked one question: Why did China boom? From the introduction:
The China Boom Project is a multimedia research, public education, and oral history project designed to find the explore the question “Why did China boom?“ by recording the collective wisdom of our moment.
Beginning in 2008, China Boom Project researchers taped interviews with individuals who possess unique insights into China’s Boom. They come from all walks of life. Many are leading participants in or observers of China’s economic miracle who can share insight on those aspects of China’s growth they know best. The result is a mosaic explanation, painted in the words of those who have watched it most carefully.