The China Nexus

“The Chinese Communist Party has a formidable foe in Benedict Rogers, just as the Chinese people have no better friend. His heartfelt, deeply researched, and powerfully argued book should be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the threat we face—and what we must do to protect ourselves.” -- Edward Lucas * Journalist * “I know Benedict Rogers and hold in high regard his work to help protect the people of Hong Kong from tyranny and the loss of their traditional freedom. His book also covers the plight of the Uyghurs, the Tibetans, and others who are being persecuted at this very moment. I hope his book will be read by all who yearn for freedom and the rule of law in China, and who wish to understand what has happened and is hap-pening in that country today.” -- Sir Malcolm Rifkind * former British foreign secretary * praise for THE CHINA NEXUS “The China Nexus is one of those rare books that very clearly records the political envi-ronment in China over the past thirty years. Benedict Rogers, from the perspective of a Westerner and in a very detailed manner, documents this authoritarian country’s political orientation and agendas through his personal experience. It is often very difficult to comprehend the society of an authoritarian regime like China through its history, its ideology, and the Communist Party’s behaviour. While almost 20 percent of the world’s total population belongs to that society, the West has in effect a very limited, and often distorted and illusory understanding, of it. Benedict Rogers went to China for the first time when he was a teenager. In The China Nexus, he connects his experience of the past thirty years with political events in China and covers almost all the political topics, ranging from Tibet and Xinjiang to Hong Kong and Taiwan. His concrete, authentic, and reliable narrative provides readers with the precious pos-sibility to understand China. Now that there is open confrontation between China and the West once again, Benedict Rogers’ comprehensive account is an invaluable source of knowledge that helps us understand today’s world in its whole complexity.” -- Ai Weiwei * Artist and Activist * “Benedict Rogers has worked tirelessly and bravely to defend the rights and freedoms of those people in China unable to speak for themselves because of the Chinese Communist Party’s brutal repression. His book is another act in his brave defence of freedom. It should be read by all those active in government and politics who seek meek accommodation with this brutal regime in the hope of stronger business ties. Appeasement of such dictatorial regimes didn’t work in the 1930s and doesn’t work with the CCP now. This book shows us why, from genocide in Xinjiang to forced labour in Tibet and from the persecution of Christians to the tyranny in Hong Kong, the brutality grows. How many times must we relearn the lesson that freedom comes at a price? This book shows us what happens when we turn away in the free world.” -- Sir Iain Duncan Smith * member of Parliament * “Riveting reading. When the Chinese government decided to extinguish the possibility of independent thought in Hong Kong, Benedict Rogers was the first foreigner they targeted. On Beijing’s orders, Rogers was expelled by the Hong Kong police and, more recently, threatened with arrest for ‘jeopardizing state security.’ Why is he so feared in China’s halls of power? What makes him particularly dangerous to the regime? Look no further than this extraordinary book. The China Nexus blends deep research, epic sweep, and beautiful writing to give us a harrowing account of the Chinese Communist Party’s totalitarian quest to re-engineer human society. Now more than ever, we need a book like this to remind us that a war of ideas is underway, and while the stakes are nothing less than the future of the world, a single defender of freedom can make all the difference.” -- Ian Easton * Author * “Benedict Rogers’ credentials as a human rights campaigner are impressive. In this book, he takes us through the intriguing story of where his commitment comes from. At the heart of his campaigning are the spreading tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party, which he has experienced at first hand. It is this immediate experience that gives The China Nexus its humanity and fascinating insights into how the dictatorship operates. Rogers has the kind of curiosity which leads him to run down the memorable details that bring this story to life. The net result is a compelling book that will be of great interest to anyone seriously concerned with the consequences of the world’s largest dictatorship.” —stephen vines, author of Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship -- Stephen Vines * Author *