Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption and Vengeance in Today's China,by Desmond Shum.
Desmond Shum promised himself that his life would be different as he grew up in poverty in China. He acquired an American college degree via hard work and persistence and returned to his own country to start a company. There, he met his future wife, Whitney Duan, a brilliant and ambitious woman anxious to establish a name for herself in China's male-dominated culture. Whitney and Desmond made a formidable partnership, and he rocketed into China's billionaire class, boosted by ties he cultivated with prominent members of China's Communist Party, the so-called Red Aristocracy. They quickly built a major air freight facility at Beijing International Airport, followed by the construction of one of Beijing's most prestigious hotels. They were obscenely wealthy, flying about in private planes, donating multimillion-dollar structures and endowments, and buying lavish houses, cars, and artwork. However, their paths irreversibly split in 2017 when Desmond heard that his now ex-wife Whitney, along with three coworkers, had gone while he was living abroad with his kid. Desmond Shum's book Red Roulette rips back the veil on China's governing elite and shows the true truth about what goes on behind the scenes of the country's wealth-making engine. Because Whitney hasn't been able to share her own tale, this is both Desmond's and Whitney's storey.
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