9780719560170 - Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Bandit Kings von Oliver August (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Bueno. : En 1999, poco después de llegar a Pekín como corresponsal de The Times en China, Oliver August se embarcó en la búsqueda del hombre más buscado de China, Lai Changxing. Lai, un campesino analfabeto de la ciudad costera de Xiamen, creó su propio imperio naviero de la nada antes de desaparecer abruptamente cuando el Partido Comunista lo acusó de corrupción y fraude. Una vez el hombre más rico del país, Lai era ahora el enemigo público número uno. La entretenida búsqueda de Lai por parte de Oliver August lo lleva a los burdeles, los remansos y las salas de juntas que definen el espíritu de una nación emergente. A lo largo del camino se encuentra con algunos de los extraordinarios hombres y mujeres cuyas aspiraciones decadentes están dando forma a un mundo que ha perdido sus amarras. Parte de historia reciente, parte de memoria personal, Inside the Red Mansion es un viaje profundamente atmosférico a la Nueva China. Desde los austeros burócratas de Pekín hasta la dorada costa pirata frente a Taiwán; desde las llanuras desérticas de Gobi donde se recluta mano de obra migrante, hasta los rascacielos y clubes nocturnos de ciudades en auge como Xiamen, el relato apasionante pero reflexivo de Oliver August revela el lado oscuro del milagro económico de China y una nación que finalmente está despertando a sus deseos. EAN: 9780719560170 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Inside the Red Mansion Autor: Oliver August Editorial: John Murray Publishers Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 288 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. In 1999, shortly after arriving in Beijing as The Times's China correspondent, Oliver August set out on the trail of China's most wanted man, Lai Changxing. An illiterate peasant from the coastal city of Xiamen, Lai created his own shipping empire from nothing before vanishing abruptly when the Communist Party accused him of corruption and fraud. Once the richest man in the country, Lai was now public enemy number one because his immense wealth became a threat to Beijing's power. Oliver August's highly entertaining search for Lai takes him to the brothels, backwaters and boardrooms that define the spirit of an emerging nation. Fascinated by Lai's story, the author visits the town where he was born, travels on the boat used by his smuggling racket and stays in the hotel where government investigators interrogated and tortured his helpers. The book investigates the tycoon's meteoric rise, his catastrophic demise and the mystery that surrounds his disappearance. After two decades of capitalist reforms, the New China seems to have more cliches than people. Both free and oppressive, anarchic and authoritarian, totally chaotic yet highly regulated, China is changing completely whilst seeming to stay itself. Part investigation, part personal memoir, Inside the Red Mansion is a deeply atmospheric journey into the New China. From the austere bureaucrats of Beijing to the gilded pirate coast opposite Taiwan; from the Gobi desert plains where migrant labour is recruited, to the skyscrapers and nightclubs of boomtowns like Xiamen, Oliver August's gripping yet thoughtful account reveals the dark side of China's economic miracle and a nation finally awakening to its desires.