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

Desmond Shum

ISBN 10: 1398509906 / ISBN 13: 9781398509900

Published by London, New York, Sydney, Toronto & New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2021

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Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (0.9 kg); pp 310; Index; Cover art by Michael Nagin; Includes: Colour photographs, on individual leaves; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199397 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China
• Publisher: London, New York, Sydney, Toronto & New Delhi: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1398509906
• ISBN 13: 9781398509900
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

'THE BOOK CHINA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ' CNN
'READS LIKE A THRILLER' FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021

In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice 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 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.