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#1 New Release Jack Gold has done the impossible: he has penetrated the China's Control Center and broadcast a message of both personal and economic freedom to the country's 1.4 billion citizens. With a new president and an opening of the information that citizens have access to, Jack hopes that China will transform into the country he has always known it can be. But change does not come easily and Jack finds his newfound fame difficult to deal with, especially when his main focus now is on trying to repair the damage to his relationship with Jojo. China isn't done with Jack yet, though, and Jojo's father, Wang Yang, the new head of state in China, needs Jack's help in carving out a new trade deal that is acceptable to both China and the United States. It's a staggeringly tall order, but it is just the sort of challenge Jack could never turn down, no matter the cost to his personal well-being. Yet his involvement stokes angers no one had anticipated, putting both Jack's life and his relationship with Jojo in danger. From Beijing to DC, from Vegas to Cabo, Jack is up against a myriad of forces that want nothing more than to see him fail and will go to extreme lengths to ensure that happens. Written by Brad Good, who started living and working in the People's Republic of China in 1988, THE CHINA AFFAIRS is a series of four novels that take place in China. Good brings rare on-the-ground knowledge of contemporary Chinese political, social, and cultural issues, and associated international affairs. Jack Gold is an American in China who is recruited by an Israeli agent to penetrate the Control Center, China's broadcasting hub. (Book 1) Next, at great personal threat, China and the United States solicit his leadership in creating a new trade deal between the countries. (Book 2) Jack is then recruited by the President of China, with the use of artificial intelligence, to transform China and the lives of its citizens. (Book 3) After China elects a new president who returns the country to Communism, the President of the United States calls on Jack to lead a dangerous plan to fight back. (Book 4)

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Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. - Kirkus Reviews Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. - Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Control Center (Book 1) A high-stakes political thriller with a deeply romantic undertone ... With the way this book ended, I'm eager to find out what happens next. -Independent Book Review A provocative, exhilarating thriller set in modern-day China, The Control Center immerses the reader in the oblique worlds of love and political intrigue. Written by a China hand, this fun and gripping story spares nothing as it illuminates the precarious nature of living at the intersection of two of the world's superpowers. - Yum! China (KFC, Pizza Hut), Don Miller, Senior China Executive An unhurried but consistently engaging international tale with an atypical hero. - Kirkus Reviews Praise for The China Declaration (Book 4) Good's familiarity with Chinese politics, economics, and culture infuses his narrative with a wealth of details that lend realism to scenes of political wrangling and the minutiae of everyday life. - IndieReader

For every reader who enjoys immersion in rapid paced action thrillers, this book will satisfy -- not only as entertainment, but also as an opportunity to review China's position in the world. Very highly recommend. -Hall of Fame reviewer, Grady Harp Of love and politics-an international thriller with nearly everything on the line. -Independent Book Review Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. - Kirkus Reviews Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. -Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Control Center (Book 1) A high-stakes political thriller with a deeply romantic undertone ... With the way this book ended, I'm eager to find out what happens next. -Independent Book Review A provocative, exhilarating thriller set in modern-day China, The Control Center immerses the reader in the oblique worlds of love and political intrigue. Written by a China hand, this fun and gripping story spares nothing as it illuminates the precarious nature of living at the intersection of two of the world's superpowers. -Yum! China (KFC, Pizza Hut), Don Miller, Senior China Executive An unhurried but consistently engaging international tale with an atypical hero. -Kirkus Reviews Praise for The China Declaration (Book 4) Good's familiarity with Chinese politics, economics, and culture infuses his narrative with a wealth of details that lend realism to scenes of political wrangling and the minutiae of everyday life. -IndieReader

For every reader who enjoys immersion in rapid paced action thrillers, this book will satisfy -- not only as entertainment, but also as an opportunity to review China's position in the world. Very highly recommend. -Hall of Fame reviewer, Grady Harp Of love and politics-an international thriller with nearly everything on the line. -Independent Book Review Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. - Kirkus Reviews Another well-written, globe-trotting installment in this deliberately paced series. -Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Control Center (Book 1) A high-stakes political thriller with a deeply romantic undertone ... With the way this book ended, I'm eager to find out what happens next. -Independent Book Review Good doesn't skimp on major developments and twists upending the international order as Jack and co. take bold, dangerous steps to open China. -Publishers Weekly Reviewer A provocative, exhilarating thriller set in modern-day China, The Control Center immerses the reader in the oblique worlds of love and political intrigue. Written by a China hand, this fun and gripping story spares nothing as it illuminates the precarious nature of living at the intersection of two of the world's superpowers. -Yum! China (KFC, Pizza Hut), Don Miller, Senior China Executive An unhurried but consistently engaging international tale with an atypical hero. -Kirkus Reviews Praise for The China Declaration (Book 4) Good's familiarity with Chinese politics, economics, and culture infuses his narrative with a wealth of details that lend realism to scenes of political wrangling and the minutiae of everyday life. -IndieReader

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#1 Best Seller, by Brad Good, who started living and working in the People's Republic of China in 1988. Brad Good holds an MBA and Masters in East Asian Studies from the University of Chicago and a BA from U.C. Berkeley. He speaks fluent Mandarin and is a fifth degree blackbelt in Shaolin Kempo Karate. After spending COVID in China, Good now resides in Austin, Texas.

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