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âTHE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ.ââCNNâ A riveting insider's story of how the Party and big money work in China today, by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the zenith of power and wealthâand then fell out of favor. She was disappeared four years ago. News of this book led to a phone call from Whitney, proof that she's alive. 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 Chinaâs male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of Chinaâs Communist Party, the so-called red aristocracy, he vaulted into Chinaâs 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 Beijingâs premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling 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 residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmondâs story and Whitneyâs, because she has not been able to tell it herself.
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Source title: Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
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Red Roulette [eBook - NC Digital Library] : An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
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Desmond Shum; OverDrive, Inc
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Shum, Desmond
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
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Publisher not identified
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First Scribner hardcover edition, New York, NY, 2021
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Place of publication not identified, 2021
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Sep 07, 2021
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S.I, 2021
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3, 2021
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âTHE BOOK CHINA DOESNâT WANT YOU TO READ.â âCNNâ SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by THE ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES This âpowerful and disturbingâ (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the top levels of power and wealthâand then fell out of favor. Whitney had been disappeared four years before, but this book led to her dramatic reemergence. 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 Chinaâs male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of Chinaâs Communist Party, the so-called red aristocracy, he vaulted into Chinaâs 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 Beijingâs premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling 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 residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This vivid, explosive memoir shows âhow the Chinese government keeps business in lineâand what happens when businesspeople overstepâ (The New York Times) and is a âsingular, highly readable insider account of the most secretive of global powersâ (The Spectator).
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"THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ."--CNNâ
A riveting insider's story of how the Party and big money work in China today, by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the zenith of power and wealth--and then fell out of favor. She was disappeared four years ago. News of this book led to a phone call from Whitney, proof that she's alive.
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, traveling 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 residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers.
This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she has not been able to tell it herself
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"After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China 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 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 feat with the creation of one of Beijing's premier hotels. They were dazzlingly successful, traveling 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 residing overseas with his son, learned that his now ex-wife Whitney had vanished along with three coworkers. This is both Desmond's story and Whitney's, because she cannot tell it herself."---Amazon
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Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Afterword
Photographs
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Notes
Index
Copyright
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2021-09-14 â oclc_scrape: 2023-10-01, ol_source: 2021-09-30, isbndb_scrape: 2022-09-01, lgli_source: 2021-10-03, zlib_source: 2021-09-18, lgrsnf_source: 2021-09-14