The Party
The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 8, 2010
“Few outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership.
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- Who it’s for
- A lucid look at China’s Communist rulers, with the scale and machinery made legible.
- Genres
- Asian Politics, Political Parties, Chinese History
- Published
- HarperCollins, June 8, 2010
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“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....
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Invaluable.” — James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic The Party is Financial Times reporter Richard McGregor’s eye-opening investigation into China’s Communist Party, and the integral role it has played in the country’s rise as a global superpower and rival to the United States. Many books have examined China’s economic rise, human rights record, turbulent history, and relations with the U.S.; none until now, however, have tackled the issue central to understanding all of these issues: how the ruling communist government works. The Party delves deeply into China’s secretive political machine.
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A lucid look at China’s Communist rulers, with the scale and machinery made legible.
Come here for
- China’s ruling party, rendered as an institution with real-world reach
- Politics explained with diplomatic and economic stakes close at hand
Expect
- Cultural context without the fog
- A steady, long-view read over quick takes
Where it sits
| Asian Politics | 72% |
|---|---|
| Chinese History | 53% |
| Political Parties | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Chinese History
- 21st-Century History
- Comparative Politics
- Asian Politics
- Authors
- Richard McGregor
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 8, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Chinese History