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Author Chan, Julius, author

Title Playing the game / Julius Chan
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2016

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Summary An insightful and candid memoir from one of Papua New Guinea's founding fathers. Born on a remote island to a migrant Chinese father and an indigenous mother, Julius Chan overcame poverty, discrimination and family tragedy to become one of Papua New Guinea's longest-serving and most influential politicians. His 50-year career, including two terms as Prime Minister, spans a crucial period of the country's history, particularly its coming of age from an Australian colony to a leading democratic nation in the South Pacific. Playing the Game is Chan's own account of the role he played during these decades of political, economic and social change. It also explores the vexed issues of increasing corruption, government failure, and the unprecedented exploitation of PNG's precious natural resources. This compelling memoir of Julius Chan's private and political lives offers a rare insight into the building of a nation and the extraordinary challenges facing Papua New Guinea
Subject Chan, Julius.
SUBJECT Chan, Julius fast
Chan, Julius 1939- gnd
Subject Politicians -- Papua New Guinea -- Biography
Prime ministers -- Papua New Guinea -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
HISTORY -- Oceania.
Politicians
Politics and government
Prime ministers
SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Politics and government -- History
Subject Papua New Guinea
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780702257025
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