Six trends are shaping most of China’s industries and driving much of its impact on the Western world, according to a new book by investor Jeffrey Towson and McKinsey senior partner Jonathan Woetzel. In The One-Hour China Book, Towson and Woetzel encapsulate more than three decades of their experience working and living in China into a “speed read” that readers should be able to complete in an hour or so. They outline six “mega-trends” that everyone needs to understand if they hope to understand China: