Lala’s Notes
My own take on books, articles, studies, and nagging issues of the times. Tiny summaries are in there, too, and a sprinkling of a-ha moments, trivia bits, connect-the-dots, and more.
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RUPERT MURDOCH: The man who wanted everything
Rupert Murdoch built a $17 billion global media colossus, only to destroy everything he loved in the process. Driven by childhood trauma, he approached business and family as a ruthless “Darwinian struggle”. Resembling a tragic King Midas, he engineered a devastating succession war that permanently fractured his family to protect his right-wing legacy.
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LALA’s BOOK NOTES: ‘CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping’
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, relies on his personal narrative and emotional mobilization, rather than just wealth, to secure his true political power. He enforces absolute Party supremacy through ruthless anti-corruption campaigns, pursuing pragmatic economic modernization strictly without Western democratic values to achieve the “China Dream”
Lala Rimando 