"While the West is still debating the essence of the "China model," Teemu Ruskola's The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class dissects the deep-seated structures of the world's second-largest economy with surgical precision. This groundbreaking work spanning history, sociology, and political economy traces the transformation of China's working class from "socialist labor aristocracy" to "global proletariat" starting from 1949. It not only reshapes our understanding of the fate of China's working and peasant classes but also reveals how China achieved the monumental transition from an agrarian to an industrial society through dual stages of "primitive socialist accumulation" and "primitive capitalist accumulation." Ruskola innovatively juxtaposes China's rural land reform with Britain's Enclosure Movement, exposing their striking similarities and fundamental differences: Britain spurred the Industrial Revolution through violent land expropriation of peasants, while China accomplished capital accumulation in a more covert manner via "land finance" and "new urbanization." The book directly addresses the plight of "landless peasants," warning that capitalism's unchecked expansion is approaching dual ecological and social limits. This work is not only a record of a nation's class transformation but also a profound reflection on human development models: When developmentalism meets ecological crises, and when "common prosperity" collides with capitalist logic, can we find a new path beyond capitalism?" --Wang Hui, author of The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity.