Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption, and vengeance in today's China

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Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption, and vengeance in today's China

Title remainder

an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption, and vengeance in today's China

Statement of responsibility

Desmond Shum

Creator

• Shum, Desmond

Subject

• China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
• Detention of persons -- China -- Case studies
• Duan, Whitney
• Political corruption -- China -- History -- 21st century
• Political prisoners -- China -- Biography
• Businesspeople -- China -- Biography
• Upper class -- China -- History -- 21st century
• Zhongguo gong chan dang -- Corrupt practices | History -- 21st century
• Shum, Desmond

Genre

• Case studies
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

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

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult