{"product_id":"red-emperor","title":"Sheridan Michael: The Red Emperor [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXi Jinping rules over 1.4 billion people and the second biggest economy on earth.\u003c\/b\u003e He commands huge armed forces and runs a technology programme meant to dominate the globe. \u003cb\u003eHis ambition is to take the place of the United States and to change the world order.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eXi's life story is full of drama\u003c\/b\u003e: plots, purges, murders, a power struggle and a pandemic. The book, \u003cb\u003ebased on new sources\u003c\/b\u003e, leads the reader from the poor, isolated China of the 1950s to the modern economic and military juggernaut of today. It reveals how the Chinese elite groomed Xi as a manager only to get a dictator, a man who has made himself into a new version of Mao and who dares not give up power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fresh material includes open-source Chinese coverage that the experts have missed, access to the papers of a deceased high official, information from personal friends of the Xi family and briefings from intelligence sources.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheridan, Michael","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48984243437907,"sku":"9781035413485","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sheridan-michael-sheridan-michael-the-red-emperor-2024-paperback-9781035413485-57205411610963.jpg?v=1726649237","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/red-emperor","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}