Whether slowly or quickly, with or without interruptions—especially over a longer period—social reproduction is always on the rise. A similar phenomenon is observed at the level of the national and global economy. The need, generated by the global reproduction process itself, for the maximum possible expansion and elevation of the three global economic centers—the United States, the European Union, and Japan—implies an ever-more-complete utilization of the achievements of scientific and technological progress, as well as the economic potential of countries not yet sufficiently covered by it. It is in this context that the likelihood of the Asia-Pacific region emerging as a fourth global economic center should be viewed. The book also examines the relations between the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and China, which are expanding more and more. This peculiar upheaval in the development of the global economy is inevitable. Depending on the development of other intergovernmental economic communities, it may, with a shorter or longer delay, take on even greater proportions and seriously threaten the current “stability” of the world.