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Chinese Red Roulette

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: May 4, 2023, 19:00 – 21:00

The entrepreneur and billionaire Desmond Shum’s memoir deservedly earned worldwide attention. Not just because of the dramatic external events – Shum’s wife and business partner Whitney Duan mysteriously disappeared in Beijing in 2017 and there has been no sign of her for five years. The book also offers a unique insight into the red aristocracy that is the Chinese political and economic elite and explores the rise of current president Xi Jinping. Charles University Faculty of Arts sinologists Olga Lomová and Martin Hála, who are both with the project Sinopsis, will discuss the book Red Roulette and issues surrounding contemporary China with the book’s editor Filip Outrata.

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