Red Roulette

An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China

de Desmond Shum 

Bertrand.pt - Red Roulette
idioma: Inglês
Editor: SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD
Edição: setembro de 2022
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In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder's Freezing Order comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st century China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve of Red Roulette's publication and global media coverage about it.

As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in China, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity, he earned an American college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China's male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of China's Communist Party, the so-called Red Aristocracy, he vaulted into China's billionaire class.

Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, travelling in private jets, funding multi-million-dollar buildings and endowments, and purchasing expensive homes, vehicles and art. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while living overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three co-workers.

In this updated edition of Red Roulette Desmond Shum pulls back the curtain on China's ruling elite and reveals the real truth of what is happening inside China's wealth-making machine. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she has not been able to tell it herself.

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Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
ISBN:
9781398510388
Ano de edição:
09-2022
Editor:
SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD
Idioma:
Inglês
Dimensões:
130 x 197 x 21 mm
Encadernação:
Capa mole
Páginas:
336
Tipo de Produto:
Livro
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