Weijian Shan on BBC Radio 4 “Today”
Weijian Shan discusses his new memoir, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America, on BBC Radio 4’s flagship news and current affairs program, ‘Today.’ (The interview begins 2:47:07).
Project Syndicate ‘Out of the Gobi’ Review: Resilience and Rebellion in Contemporary China
Minxin Pei reviews ‘Out of the Gobi‘ for Project Syndicate:
Anyone who reads Weijian Shan’s Out of Gobi will understand why the world’s largest one-party regime wants to keep historical truths buried and undisturbed. Now a successful Hong Kong-based investor, Shan spent his teenage years living as one of the “sent-down youth” in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). As such, he fell victim to one of that decade’s most heartbreaking tragedies.”
The Takeaway : NPR
Amy Walter interviews Weijian Shan about his memoir, ‘Out of the Gobi.’
“Weijian Shan grew up during the Cultural Revolution and spent his childhood in a hard labor camp. Today, he is chairman and CEO of PAG, a private equity firm and author of, “Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America.” He reflects on the current tension between two schools of thought: One which seeks to move forward and abandon the system of party control over economic activity and the other that wants to hold onto the previous system of an active government presence in the economy.”
Trade Talks With China Open in Washington, as Obstacles Abound
“I think it’s very difficult to keep them separate,” said Weijian Shan, a Hong Kong-based private equity investor and author of “Out of the Gobi,” a memoir that depicts China’s modern history. “To the extent that China feels that this is a major issue with America, they will bring it up.”
WSJ: ‘Out of the Gobi’ Review: The Good Earth Was Elsewhere
Tom Nagorski reviews Weijian Shan’s new memoir, Out of the Gobi, in The Wall Street Journal:
“Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America” is Weijian Shan’s deeply affecting memoir. It is also a story that mirrors China’s dizzying recent history: the Cultural Revolution, with all its madness; the opening to the United States, with all the promise it held; and Deng Xiaoping’s decision to unleash a market-based system, with all the changes it wrought. Mr. Shan has lived this history, suffered from its excesses and thrived thanks to the opening. Today he is one of the more respected and successful financiers in the “new China.”
Bloomberg Daybreak Americas: PAG’s Shan Says US-China May Not Solve All Trade Issues
Weijian Shan talks about the trade war between the U.S. and China, the growth of China’s economy, and his new book, ‘Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America,’ with David Westin and Alix Steel on Bloomberg TV’s flagship morning show, “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.”
Foreign Affairs: China Turned Upside Down – Life During Mao’s Bloody, Chaotic Cultural Revolution
This essay in Foreign Affairs is adapted from Weijian Shan’s new memoir, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America (Wiley, 2019).