Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world - one half the most extraordinary...

This investigative journalists book is an explosive work that lifts the curtain on a world of staggering secrecy and hypocrisy to reveal--for the first time--who the leaders of one of the worlds most important and tumultuous markets...