{"product_id":"the-red-emperor-xi-jinping-and-his-new-china-1","title":"The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMichael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest\nwriters on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Red Emperor \u003c\/i\u003epresents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the\nman who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on\nearth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the\nyoung Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He\nfought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012,\nfollowing the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the\nleader of China.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael\nSheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi's youth to the\nmilitary and economic superpower of today. In Xi's new China, family mafias\nstruggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and\ngenerals vanish in purges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNo one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an\nabsolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the\nruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat\nWestern democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and\na risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China's leading families\nand two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on\nthe history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of\nthe Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sheridan\u003c\/b\u003e first reported from Hong Kong\nand China in June 1989 and later served as the Far East correspondent of\nthe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e for 20 years, covering the rise of China, the\nhandover of Hong Kong in 1997 and the city's struggle for democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEarlier he worked for Reuters, ITN and the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e,\nreporting on war in the Middle East, global diplomacy and European politics,\nwith postings in Rome, Beirut and Jerusalem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis work has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVanity\nFair \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Hong Kong Economic Journal. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2021 he\npublished\u003ci\u003e The Gate to China\u003c\/i\u003e, a critically acclaimed history of Hong\nKong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44824752521423,"sku":"9781035413515","price":28.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_e67660f8-0154-471c-83a4-db73f5fa1a27.jpg?v=1770105394","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-red-emperor-xi-jinping-and-his-new-china-1","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}