The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers - Softcover

McGregor, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141975555 ISBN 13: 9780141975559

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

Richard McGregor's The Party has been established as the book on China and its political leadership. It is indispensable to understanding what may soon become the most powerful country on earth, and here is it is newly updated to include material on the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012.Newly updated version including analysis of the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012China's Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations., How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world?'Extraordinary', Sunday Times'Masterful ... entertaining and insightful', Economist'Superb ... an essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works', Jonathan Fenby'If you read only one book about China this year, it should be this one., And if you do not read this book, you probably do not understand China today', Arthur Kroeber, China Economic Quarterly'A compelling exploration of the world's largest and most successful political machine', New Statesman'A book that is as informative as it is entertaining ... China has been transformed. The system that takes the credit is brilliantly described by McGregor', Chris Patten, Financial TimesHaving joined the Financial Timesin 2000 in Shanghai and being appointed China bureau chief in 2005, Richard McGregor is now Washington Bureau Chief for the FT., McGregor has won numerous awards throughout his nearly two decades of reporting from north Asia, including a 2010 Society of Publishers in Asia Editorial Excellence Award for his coverage on the Xinjiang Riots and 2008 SOPA Awards for Editorial Intelligence. He has spent twenty years in north Asia, starting in

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Review:

Extraordinary

(Sunday Times)

Masterful ... entertaining and insightful (Economist)

Superb ... an essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works (Jonathan Fenby)

If you read only one book about China this year, it should be this one. And if you do not read this book, you probably do not understand China today (Arthur Kroeber China Economic Quarterly)

A compelling exploration of the world's largest and most successful political machine (New Statesman)

A book that is as informative as it is entertaining ... China has been transformed. The system that takes the credit is brilliantly described by McGregor (Chris Patten Financial Times)

McGregor is one of the best foreign journalists who have reported from China. The Party draws on two decades of superb reporting ... A fine contribution for those who want to know about the rising power they will face in the decades ahead (Ezra Vogel, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University)

Few outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership. But we all know much more than before, thanks to Richard McGregor's illuminating and richly-textured look at the people in charge of China's political machinery ... invaluable for anyone trying to make sense of China's future plans and choices (James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic)

Fascinating and ambitious ... Richard McGregor lays bare the secretive machinery of the party (Gady Epstein Forbes)

McGregor has done the world a service with his fascinating new book (Peter Hartcher Sydney Morning Herald)

From the Back Cover:

'This is a marvellous and finely written study of how China is really run, and how its strange but successful system of Leninist capitalism really works. It should be read by anyone doing business with or just trying to understand China.'
Bill Emmott, former editor of The Economist

'Few outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership. But we all know much more than before, thanks to Richard McGregor's illuminating and richly-textured look at the people in charge of China's political machinery. 'The Party' will be invaluable for anyone trying to make sense of China's future plans and choices. It has certainly enriched my own understanding of the country.'
James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic

'The Party draws on two decades of superb reporting from China. McGregor has a keen eye for the telling detail that penetrates the veil of secrecy about how the Communist Party rules China, how it keeps track of its members, how it keeps the military under control, how it penetrates business.A fine contribution for those who want to know about the rising power they will face in the decades ahead.'
Ezra Vogel, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

'Superb in its depiction and demystification of the most important force at work in China today. Essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works.'
Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin History of Modern China

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0141975555
• ISBN 13: 9780141975559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336