In When the Party Ends: Beijing’s leaps and stumbles after the Beijing Olympics, Peh draws on his experience as the China bureau chief of Singapore’s Straits Times in his five years covering the world’s most exciting nation. The result is an absorbing work of journalism, offering on-the-ground insights into China.

Thursday, January 22, 7:30pm
“When the Party Ends: China’s Leaps and Stumbles After the Beijing Olympics”
Peh Shing, Author, When the Party Ends: China’s Leaps and Stumbles After the Beijing Olympics
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Taking off from the high of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Peh Shing Huei takes readers through the new narrative of the power and wealth of a resurgent China, a rise tampered by an unprecedented political scandal, diplomatic crises and an unease with its past. In When the Party Ends: Beijing’s leaps and stumbles after the Beijing Olympics, Peh draws on his experience as the China bureau chief of Singapore’s Straits Times in his five years covering the world’s most exciting nation. The result is an absorbing work of journalism, offering on-the-ground insights into China.