Shanghai 2040

A novel which challenges us to imagine the world-order in 2040. What if China dramatically reinvents global relations. Imagine the near future when the East assumes the reins of power in world politics, as well as global leadership in economic matters! On May 1, 2040 the headquarters of the United Nations moves from New York to Shanghai. The novel centers around Wei Shu, the woman President of the People`s Republic of China. She has piloted this project and choreographed every detail of this momentous event. In her diary, Wei Shu writes: `This day belongs to me as now I belong to China and China belongs to the world.` Who is this woman who has successfully ascended to absolute leadership both in China and the world... Jean-Louis Roy`s novel unravels Wei Shu`s origins, the legacy of her mother and grandmother, her career as a student and her ascent to power in China. He explores the relentless development of China over the past fifty years, its emergence as a global power in parallel with the dazzling trajectory of the rise to preeminence of this exceptional woman, Wei Shu.

Jean-Louis Roy`s career includes Editor in Chief of Le Devoir, Quebec`s Delegate General in Paris, Secretary General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris, President of Law and Democracy, President and Director General of BAnQ. His career has taken him around the world as an accomplished academic, diplomat author and consultant. He is a man who has always built bridges between countries, cultures and continents. With the publication of Shanghai 2040, he will leave his mark as a significant novelist!