MCLC: mapping the red nobility

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: mapping the red nobility
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Bloomberg News mapped the families of Communist China¹s ³Eight Immortals²
to reveal the origins of princelings, an elite class that has been able to
amass wealth and influence, and exploit opportunities unavailable to most
Chinese. Bloomberg tracked 103 people ­ descendants including children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren, and their respective spouses. The
Immortals, now all dead, are revered in communist lore as revolutionary
fighters who led China¹s economic opening after Mao Zedong¹s death. The
identities and business dealings of these families are often cloaked in
secrecy because of state censorship and complex corporate webs. To
document them, Bloomberg scoured thousands of pages of corporate filings,
property records, official websites and archives, and conducted dozens of
interviews from China to the United States, where many were educated and
have at times made their homes.

Go here: http://go.bloomberg.com/multimedia/mapping-chinas-red-nobility/