{"product_id":"the-party-9780061708763","title":"The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A masterful depiction of the party today. . . . McGregor illuminates the most important of the contradictions and paradoxes. . . . An entertaining and insightful portrait of China's secretive rulers.\" \u003cem\u003e--The Economist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative and illuminating account, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e reporter Richard McGregor offers a captivating portrait of China's Communist Party, its grip on power and control over China, and its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChina's political and economic growth in the past three decades has been one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left largely untold--the central role of the Chinese Communist Party. McGregor delves deeply into China's inner sanctum for the first time, showing how the Communist Party controls the government, courts, media, and military and keeps all corruption accusations against its members in-house. The Party's decisions have a global impact, yet the CCP remains a deeply secretive body, hostile to the law and unaccountable to anyone or anything other than its own internal tribunals. It is the world's only geopolitical rival of the United States, and is primed to think the worst of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcGregor, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRichard McGregor is a reporter for the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the publication's former China bureau chief. He has reported from North Asia for nearly two decades and lives in Washington, D.C. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523391033618,"sku":"9780061708763","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c71f9a86-d3b4-4376-80b3-70a6b708c006.jpg?v=1731146638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-party-9780061708763","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}