About the book
English title: Xi Jinping
The most powerful man in the world

July 2021
304 pages
EAN 978-3-492-07006-5
Rights sold to: Hungary (Corvina), Poland (Foksal),
Mongolia (Nepko), Finland (Bazar), Denmark
(Gutkind), Sweden (Bazar), World English (Polity),
Italy (Paesi Edizioni), Norway (Bonnier
Norsk), Spain (Esfera de los Libros)

The stranger behind the smile
Avoiding both sycophantic flattery and outright condemnation, this
new biography by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges gets inside the
head of one of the world’s most mysterious leaders. Skilfully unravelling
the hidden story of Xi Jinping’s life and career, from his early
childhood to his rise to the pinnacles of the Party and the State,
they flesh out his views and uncover how he became the most powerful
man in the world.
▪ Anyone who wants to understand China needs to know how Xi
Jinping ticks
▪ But who is Xi Jinping and what does he really want? To rejuvenate
China and bring economic prosperity to all its people? To
challenge American supremacy and turn China into the world’s
dominant power?

About the authors

Stefan Aust is the former editor-in-chief of Germany’s leading news magazine Der Spiegel and the author of numerous bestselling books
including The Baader-Meinhof Complex. Today he is the editor of Die Welt. Aust is one of the few journalists worldwide to have interviewed
a Chinese head of state.

Adrian Geiges is the long-standing Beijing correspondent of the weekly news magazine Stern. He studied Chinese, is married to a Chinese,
they raise their daughters bilingually. He is the author of numerous books.

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