Roger Garside is a former British diplomat who twice served in the British embassy in Beijing in the 1960s and 1970s. During his career he also worked for the World Bank in Thailand, and later ran his own consultancy advising countries on developing capital markets as they liberalize their economies. He is the author of the acclaimed book, "Coming Alive: China After Mao," a portrait of the social and political developments in the country in the mid to late 1970s. His new book, China Coup: T