Published in partnership with Penguin, the book greatly expands and brings up to date an extraordinary tale around the rise and fall of Bo Xilai, the disgraced former politician and contender for the top leadership of the Communist Party, which became an instant hit with FT readers when it was first published in the FT Weekend Magazine this summer.
“An outstanding journalist who has gained international recognition for his unrivalled insight and understanding of China’s complex leadership structure, Jamil Anderlini produced some of the first global revelations around the country’s powerful ‘princelings’. With this ebook we are delighted to bring even more colour and depth to this important story ahead of China’s once-in-a decade leadership transition,” said Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times.
Weaving together lurid detail and political context, Anderlini provides a compelling account of the popular politician's fall, brought about by his wife's murder of a British businessman, and involving the most serious defection attempt in recent Communist Party history. In clear, elegant prose, Anderlini explains why the high political drama matters for Asia's biggest economy, and the rest of the world, says the FT.
The ebook is available to download from the Apple iBookstore, Amazon, Kobo, Waterstones, WHSmith and Barnes & Noble for £0.99 or its local equivalent. This is the third offering in new publishing line for the FT, listed at www.ft.com/ebook, which includes If Greece goes… and The Olympians 1928-2012.
