The Party by Richard Mcgregor

The Party by Richard Mcgregor

"Few outsiders have any realistic sense of the innards, motives, rivalries, and fears of the Chinese Communist leadership. But we all know much more than before, thanks to Richard McGregor's illuminating and richly-textured look at the people in charge of China's political machinery.... Invaluable." -- James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic

The Party is Financial Times reporter Richard McGregor's eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party, and the integral role it has played in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival to the United States. Many books have examined China's economic rise, human rights record, turbulent history, and relations with the U.S.; none until now, however, have tackled the issue central to understanding all of these issues: how the ruling communist government works. The Party delves deeply into China's secretive political machine.

Richard McGregor is a writer and novelist who has covered stories from East Asia and Washington, D.C. His work has featured in the International Herald Tribune and Foreign Policy, and he has appeared on the Charlie Rose program, the BBC, and NPR. He was a 2015 fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in the International Herald Tribune and Foreign Policy, and he has appeared on the Charlie Rose show, the BBC, and NPR. His last book, The Party, earned multiple honors, including the Asia Society Book of the Year Award in 2011 and the Mainichi Shimbun's Asian Book of the Year Award in 2012.