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Peh is a Singapore Literature Prize-winning author and journalist. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including\u00a0Neither Civil Nor Servant, The Last Fools, and The First Fools.<\/i>\u00a0He also wrote a pair of authorised biographies on former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong:\u00a0Tall Order<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Standing Tall<\/i>. His maiden solo title\u00a0When The Party Ends\u00a0<\/i>won the\u00a0SIngapore Literature Prize for its gripping on-the-ground reportage of ethnic riots, natural disasters, and political\u00a0upheavals. In addition, he has four picture books, including\u00a0Panjang<\/i>\u00a0which was shortlisted for the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award and\u00a0Ready, Kueh Set, Go!<\/i>\u00a0which won the Singapore Book Awards in 2026. His books are repeated winners of the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards. He is a regular commentator on Singapore and China affairs, and was The Straits Times\u2019 news editor and China bureau chief. He is a political science graduate of the National University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISBN: 978-981-4342-54-4 (Softcover)
\nPage Count: 293
\nYear Published: 2014
\nAuthor: Peh Shing Huei
\nPublisher: Straits Times Press Books<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Party Ends is a colorful and insightful look at a key pivot in Chinese history… A veteran correspondent with an affinity for both elite and street-level politcis, Peh is a sure-footed guide through this more complicated period, weaving on-the-ground color with shrewd analysis.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Ian Johnson, Pulitzer-prize winning correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Winner – Singapore Literature Prize 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

When the Party Ends offers a fascinating insight into a changing China, one where the status quo is being reinvented with each passing day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A provocative book that is the product of one journalist\u2019s labour of love to capture the awakening of Asia\u2019s sleeping dragon, When the Party Ends<\/em> captures Peh Shing Huei’s harrowing, humbling, and sometimes hilarious experiences in China while he was China bureau chief for The Straits Times. As he documents the rise of China, he also uncovers the problems beneath its sinews.<\/p>\n

It chronicles the battles of the voiceless and powerless against the Chinese Communist Party and errant companies over rights and resources. Some vignettes include how he:<\/p>\n

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  • Shakes off officials to meet an environmentalist tortured for wanting to save a river from pollution<\/li>\n
  • Speaks to a man who was jailed simply for posting an intemperate tweet<\/li>\n
  • Interviews an ageing former Red Guard undertaker who still cries when he recalls the atrocities of the Cultural Revolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These are counterposed against Peh\u2019s riveting narrative of the \u201cpalace intrigues\u201d of the powerful communist leaders in the lead-up to the epochal leadership change in late 2012. It culminates in the dramatic downfall of princeling Bo Xilai \u2013 the latest in China\u2019s complex political machinations.<\/p>\n

    When the Party Ends<\/em> won the Singapore Literature Prize<\/strong> in 2016 for non-fiction and was featured in international publications including The New York Times, the BBC, the South China Morning Post, and the Diplomat.<\/p>\n

    Behind the Book<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Author Peh Shing Huei grew up on a steady diet of stories from his father, taken from classical Chinese tales like Journey to the West<\/em> and Romance of the Three Kingdoms<\/em>. But there\u2019s nothing quite like a \u201cfront-row seat\u201d, in his words, to China\u2019s modern epoch.<\/p>\n

    Over the four years he spent stationed in the country as China bureau chief for The Straits Times<\/em>, this seasoned journalist had the perfect vantage point from which to witness China’s leaps and stumbles after the 2008 Olympic Games. And he was a participant in events, too \u2013 from pestering officials for passes to the 60th anniversary parade commemorating the founding of the People’s Republic of China, to tracking down elusive environmental activists, to straying into the front lines of bloody ethnic riots in Urumqi.<\/p>\n

    The result of hundreds of interviews with locals, this book tells the tale of two Chinas \u2013 the \u201csteroid superpower\u201d, and a nation struggling to modernise. It was an instant bestseller, and to this day remains a treasure trove of knowledge for anyone looking to find out more about one of the most amazing and complex countries of our time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1441","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-general","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sale","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5109,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1441\/revisions\/5109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/nutgraf.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}