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Author Shum, Desmond, author.

Title Red roulette : an insider's story of wealth, power, corruption and vengeance in today's China / Desmond Shum.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY SHUM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SHUM    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.092 SHUM    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Biography  B-SHUM SHU    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  951.06 SHUM    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  338.092 SHU    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B SHUM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B SHUM    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  338.092 SHUM    DUE 10-21-24
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description 310 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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."---Amazon.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.
Subject Shum, Desmond.
Duan, Whitney.
Zhongguo gong chan dang -- Corrupt practices -- History -- 21st century.
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
Political corruption -- China -- History -- 21st century.
Businesspeople -- China -- Biography.
Upper class -- China -- History -- 21st century.
Detention of persons -- China -- Case studies.
Political prisoners -- China -- Biography.
Zhongguo gong chan dang. (OCoLC)fst00535548
Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
Corruption. (OCoLC)fst01352550
Detention of persons. (OCoLC)fst00891620
Political corruption. (OCoLC)fst01069240
Political prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01069636
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Upper class. (OCoLC)fst01162136
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Chronological Term Since 2000
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographies.
Added Title Red roulette
Insider's story of wealth, power, corruption and vengeance in today's China
ISBN 1982156155
9781982156152
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