My Journey To Awakening: Lessons Shared to Amuse, Uplift and Inspire You To Follow Your Life Purpose

Xi Jinping herrscht über 1,4 Milliarden Menschen und die zweitgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt. Dennoch ist überraschend wenig über ihn bekannt. Der erfahrene Auslandskorrespondent Michael Sheridan hat alles zusammengetragen, was er in 20 Jahren aus Insiderberichten und eigenen Reportagen über den chinesischen Staatspräsidenten recherchieren konnte, und zeichnet das bislang wohl detaillierteste Bild des starken Mannes in Peking und seines Werdegangs.Als Sohn einer der einflussreichsten Familien des kommunistischen China wurde der junge Xi während der Kulturrevolution aufs Land verbannt. List, Privilegien und Intrigen bahnten ihm den Weg zurück an die Spitze. Nach dem spektakulären Sturz seines Rivalen Bo Xilai wurde Xi Jinping 2012 zum Staatschef Chinas.In dieser Zeit entwickelt sich China vom armen, isolierten Land der Jugend Xis zur militärischen und wirtschaftlichen Supermacht von heute. In Xis neuem China kämpfen Familienmafias inmitten von Mord, Korruption und Sexskandalen um die Macht, während Minister und Generäle in Säuberungsaktionen verschwinden. Xi ist ein absoluter Herrscher, dessen Wort Gesetz ist, von Krieg und Frieden bis hin zum rücksichtslosen Kampf gegen Covid-19. Er strebt danach, den Welthandel zu dominieren, die westliche Demokratie zu besiegen und China als größte Macht im Osten zu etablieren. Michael Sheridan enthüllt, dass sich hinter der Fassade der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas eine moderne Dynastie und ein neuer Kaiser verbergen.

In the centre of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves a microcosm of the definitive masterwork of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71). Room 606 is the last surviving interior of the SAS House: an unparalleled example of modern architecture and design, completed in 1960. Jacobsen was one of the outstanding architects of the twentieth century, throughout his career, creating complete settings for daily life and dissolving the boundaries between architecture, interior and industrial design.<BR><BR> The SAS House represented the pinnacle of his achievements, for which Jacobsen had designed every detail, including new furniture such as the now famous Egg and Swan chairs, fabrics, fixtures and even silverware.<BR><BR> This book presents a unique insight into Jacobsen's work, using the 'time-capsule' Room 606 as a lens through which to examine the span of his entire career. A lost world of mid-twentieth-century form and sensation is rediscovered through hundreds of rare archival photographs, original drawings and sketches, and specially commissioned new colour photographs of Room 606. The chapters are organized thematically: each consists of three sections that together look at Room 606 as a microcosm of the SAS House, reconstruct the original building, and trace the connections between Jacobsen's masterpiece and his other works - from whole buildings to household objects.

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong<BR><BR>The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one of Communist China's ruling families, the young Xi was exiled to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He fought his way back to the top by stealth, privilege and guile. In 2012, following the spectacular fall of his rival Bo Xilai, Xi Jinping became the leader of China.<BR><BR> In a compulsively readable narrative, veteran foreign correspondent Michael Sheridan takes the reader from the poor, isolated country of Xi's youth to the military and economic superpower of today. In Xi's new China, family mafias struggle for power amid murder, corruption and sex scandals as ministers and generals vanish in purges. No one is safe in his techno-security state. Xi is an absolute ruler whose word is law on everything from war and peace to the ruthless campaign against Covid-19. He aims to dominate world trade, to defeat Western democracy and to make China the supreme power in the East. A loner and a risk-taker, he is the most consequential leader of our time.<BR><BR> Drawing on intimate stories from the closed world of China's leading families and two decades of first-hand reporting, Michael Sheridan sheds new light on the history and politics of China. The book reveals that behind the façade of the Chinese Communist Party there is a modern dynasty and a new emperor.