Whitney and I came from nothing. Our rise mirrored the rise of China.
Together, we achieved unimaginable wealth and reached the upper echelons of the Red Aristocracy. Emboldened by romance and our shared success, we believed our nation was on the road to becoming a truly modern society. We were wrong.
On September 5th, 2017, Whitney disappeared. Neither I nor our young son have seen her since.
I was born to a family marked by the government as belonging to a "black category" – stigmatized and impoverished. Growing up, I vowed to make a better life, and I was able to go to college in America.
When I returned to China, I met my future wife, the brilliant and ambitious Whitney Duan, and we began our ascent to the top...
Whitney and I made a powerful team.
We navigated business and politics, allied with top members of the Red Aristocracy, and vaulted into China's billionaire class.
Soon we were developing premier hotels, traveling in private jets, buying multi-million-dollar artworks.
We had reached the top.
But China's wealth making machine is a ruthless system without moral boundaries. On September 5th 2017, Whitney stepped out onto the street in front of our newest office development.
No one has seen her since.
On the same day, three co-workers were also taken. And if I ever return to China, the same thing will happen to me.
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Interview with author Desmond Shum
I’ve written this account so that my son can know who his mother and father are, where we came from, what we have achieved, and what we have lost.
In Red Roulette, for the first time ever, I break the decades-long code of silence that has gripped China’s elite. I’ll show you the inner workings of the Chinese Government, and the families of old Communists who actually own China and how business really gets done.
I’ve risked everything I have to reveal the truth.
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