Desmond Shum
Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
Scribner, 2021
What's inside?
He reached the apex of Chinese society; now he’s exposing its flaws.
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Totalitarian systems, however noble their founding myths, descend into corruption due to flaws in human nature. In this brave, damning exposé of business and politics in China, Desmond Shum – an examplar of success in the new China – describes with unflinching honesty the world’s second largest economy. Through effective state direction, China has thus far succeeded in the catch-up phase of its economic development. But Shum questions whether it can progress without a separation of powers and other legal, political and business standards that can better keep in check its greedy, flawed elites.
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About the Author
Desmond Shum currently lives with his son in the United Kingdom.
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