The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers

€œFew 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.