{"product_id":"china-hand-9781637583869","title":"China Hand","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS: When a high-ranking Chinese general wants to defect to the US, the CIA tries to recruit a recent Harvard grad teaching at a Beijing university to exfiltrate the man's daughter--a treacherous operation that could shape the balance of power for decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe whole debacle was \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eclassified and buried. Until now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1998, and China's political and military leaders are torn by ideological divisions. Amid these seething rivalries, Andrew Callahan arrives in Beijing fresh out of Harvard, planning to spend an adventurous year studying Mandarin and teaching at the renowned International Affairs University. The IAU is known as a training ground for diplomats and spies. But Andrew has no idea that his budding relationship with the attractive and self-assured dean's assistant, Lily Jiang, will also entangle him in a conspiratorial web of worldwide proportions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA CIA officer approaches Andrew and informs him that Lily's father is a top Chinese general caught in a power struggle. The general wants to defect but won't do so without his wife and daughter. Even more shocking is that the Agency needs Andrew's assistance for Lily to evade round-the-clock surveillance and escape to the US. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Andrew agrees, he'll face lethal odds against China's ruthless security services to help pull off one of the greatest intelligence coups in American history. If he refuses, it could cost Lily and her family their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of a beautiful culture at a turbulent time, \u003ci\u003eChina Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a reluctant spy and a mission whose deadly consequences continue to reverberate today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637583869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Scott Spacek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42077483532469,"sku":"9781637583869","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bd3daea3-221b-4a2d-a33a-37944975bdc0.jpg?v=1650956295","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/china-hand-9781637583869","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}