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Shum, Desmond.
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Shum, Desmond.
Duan, Whitney.
Businesspeople -- China -- Biography.
Upper class -- China -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- China -- Biography.
Detention of persons -- China.
Disappeared persons -- China.
Political corruption -- China -- 2002-
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Shum, Desmond.
Shum, Desmond.
Duan, Whitney.
Businesspeople -- China -- Biography.
Upper class -- China -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- China -- Biography.
Detention of persons -- China.
Disappeared persons -- China.
Political corruption -- China -- 2002-
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Red roulette : an
insider
's
story
of
wealth
,
power
,
corruption
and
vengeance
in today'
s
China
/ Desmond Shum.
by
Shum, Desmond.
Scribner, 2021.
Call #:
951.06 S56r
Subjects
Shum, Desmond.
Duan, Whitney.
Businesspeople --
China
-- Biography.
Upper class --
China
-- Biography.
Political prisoners --
China
-- Biography.
Detention of persons --
China
.
Disappeared persons --
China
.
Political
corruption
--
China
-- 2002-
China
-- Politics and government -- 2002-
ISBN:
9781982156152 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Insider
's
story
of
wealth
,
power
,
corruption
and
vengeance
in today'
s
China
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description:
310 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical resources and index.
Summary:
"After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum’s grandfather, a lawyer, had one chance to leave
China
, and instead chose to stay. The government shut down his law firm and seized his house. Officials marked his family as belonging to a 'black category' that included former landlords and rich peasants, meaning the Shums would be stigmatised and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum went to college in America and returned to
China
to make his name in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, powered by a set of relationships they formed with top members of the Red Aristocracy, vaulted into China’s billionaire class. Soon they were developing the massive air cargo facility at Beijing International Airport, and they followed that by developing 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 artwork. But in 2017, their fates diverged irrevocably when Desmond, while residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had been disappeared - consigned to some unknown fate - along with three co-workers. In Red Roulette Desmond Shum pulls back the curtain on China’s ruling elite and tells the
story
of a remarkable woman who rose to prominence in a strongly patriarchal society. Written from a desire to reveal the real truth of what is happening inside China’s wealth-making machine, this eye-opening tale features a memorable cast of real-life characters."--From publisher.
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