Richard Mc Gregor's The Party has been established as the book on China & its political leadership It is indispensable to understanding what may soon become the most powerful country on earth & here is it is newly updated to include material on the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012 Newly updated version including analysis of the once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012 China's Communist Party is the largest most powerful political machine in the world Here Richard Mc Gregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country
- its military & media legal system & businesses even its religious organizations How has the Party merged Marx Mao & the market to create a global superpower? & what does this mean for the world?' Extraordinary' Sunday Times' Masterful entertaining & insightful' Economist' Superb an essential riveting guide to how the rising power really works' Jonathan Fenby' If you read only one book about China this year it should be this one & if you do not read this book you probably do not understand China today' Arthur Kroeber China Economic Quarterly'A compelling exploration of the world's largest & most successful political machine' New Statesman'A book that is as informative as it is entertaining China has been transformed The system that takes the credit is brilliantly described by Mc Gregor' Chris Patten Financial Times Having joined the Financial Timesin 2000 in Shanghai & being appointed China bureau chief in 2005 Richard Mc Gregor is now Washington Bureau Chief for the FT Mc Gregor has won numerous awards throughout his nearly two decades of reporting from north Asia including a 2010 Society of Publishers in Asia Editorial Excellence Award for his coverage on the Xinjiang Riots & 2008 SOPA Awards for Editorial Intelligence He has spent twenty years in north Asia starting in Taiwan & then in Tokyo Hong Kong & Beijing where he established offices for The Australian newspaper He has also contributed articles & reports to the BBC the International Herald Tribune & the Far Eastern Economic Review