George Walden Boeken

The acclaimed introduction to China by a diplomat, politician, writer and City advisor who has engaged with the country since 1966.

Emigration used to be for retired people, now it is young families. In letters to his son, George Walden finds reasons for his move to Canada. The idea for this book first came about when one of George Walden' sons asked him whether he should emigrate. He set about writing down his thoughts in a letter, which he used in this book.

What really drives China? Centuries of self-imposed separation from the outside world continue to lead astray Western thinkers, whose mythologies obstruct our understanding. Based on half a century of engagement, starting with three years during the Cultural Revolution - when China was at its most vicious - George Walden draws a crisp, indispensable portrait of China's modern mind set under Xi Jinping.

For the first time in British history, our culture and politics are now often in the hands of inverted elites: well-born, privately educated men (mostly) who affect populist attitudes.