The Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and His New China

This book will change your perception of China and its leader. Drawing on two decades of reporting in Hong Kong, Michael Sheridan shows Xi Jinping not just as a ruler, but as the heir to the “red dynasty,” who grew up in a world of terror, punishment, and betrayal. The author explains how specific events, Stalinist doctrines, and ancient Chinese texts shaped Xi’s worldview and his distrust of the world.
The book reveals the mechanisms of a party-state that keeps the army, economy, and people’s thoughts under total control. Through clan secrets, party “anti-corruption” purges, the disappearance of ministers and generals, sex scandals, and a sea of ​​murders, the image of an empire of fear emerges, where one man’s word is law for all. This is a story about power, control, and the skillfully constructed illusion of stability. A masterful analysis of how a modern neo-emperor grew out of the ruins of a revolution.