Richard McGregor

Chinas secret rulers are the elephant in the room. They are the largest political organisation in the world. They control every aspect of Chinese life. And no one discusses them. Until now. Who are they? And how do they operate? Richard McGregor has spent twenty years reporting on this region of the world and he has used all of his experience to uncover the true story of the Chinese Communist Party. This is the most revealing glimpse yet of how this extraordinary organisation works. From business to the army, McGregor tracks down the people who are on the inside, and reveals how they run the worlds most populous country.It is impossible to understand China without really knowing who is in charge. And this book tackles the subject head on. How did Chinas Communists merge Marx, Mao and the market to create a new superpower? How can they maintain such a grip on power in the face of a changing world. And just how corrupt are they? The Party gives us the untold story of Chinas rise to power as no other book has.

Stunningly good Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 2017The dramatic story of the relationship between the worlds three largest economies, one that is shaping the future of us all, by one of the foremost experts on east AsiaFor more than half a century, American power in the Pacific has successfully kept the peace. But it has also cemented the tensions in the toxic rivalry between China and Japan, consumed with endless history wars and entrenched political dynasties. Now, the combination of these forces with Donald Trumps unpredictable impulses and disdain for Americas old alliances threatens to upend the region, and accelerate the unravelling of the postwar order. If the United States helped lay the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asias Reckoning will reveal how that structure is now crumbling.With unrivalled access to archives in the US and Asia, as well as many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale which blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with the domestic political trends and personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of the great powers of Asia. The confrontational course on which China and Japan have increasingly set themselves is no simple spat between neighbors. And the fallout would be a political and economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes, and political capitals on every continent.

El Partido es la esclarecedora investigación de Richard McGregor sobre el Partido Comunista Chino, y el papel fundamental que desempeña en este país desde hace casi un siglo. Muchos libros han examinado el ascenso economico de China, su historial de derechos humanos y la turbulenta historia de sus relaciones internacionales, pero ninguno ha abordado la cuestion central para la comprension de todos estos temas: como funciona el gobierno en el poder comunista. Un retrato magistral y perspicaz.