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Biography of Xi Jinping published in English
It has been published in the US and in the UK right now: „Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Man in the World“ is the new book of China expert Adrian Geiges, together with Stefan Aust, former editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel. It is the first comprehensive biography of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, telling his life story and sharing his worldview, and the first book to shed light on China’s development during the coronavirus pandemic and the role of the country in Putin’s war against the Ukraine. For more information please click: https://www.adriangeiges.com/en/books/xi-jinping-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-world-2/
Adrian Geiges is an internationally acclaimed writer and filmmaker: He has worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in Beijing, Hong Kong, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro and New York, has published in Stern, Focus and Die Zeit and produced documentaries for Spiegel TV and ARD First German Television, among many others. He is fluent in Chinese, English, Russian and Portuguese. His books have been translated into many languages.
Selected Works
“Xi Jinping – the Most Powerful Man in the World” (together with Stefan Aust), Piper Publishing House, 2021
“When China became red – 100 years Communist Party”, documentary on Welt TV, 2021
Lectures on AIDAvita: Mallorca, Malta, Athens/Piraeus, Crete, Suez Canal, Jordan, Oman, Dubai, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore
Lectures on AIDAcara: Tallinn, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Visby, Copenhagen, Goteborg, Oslo
Lectures on AIDAbella: among others Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hong Kong, Keelung, Ishigaki, Shanghai, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Malé, Cochin, New Mangalore, Muscat, Dubai
Lectures on the world tour of AIDAaura: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Congo, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal, Gran Canaria, Morocco, Spain, France
Lectures on the world tour of AIDAaura: among others Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego, Santiago de Chile, Robinson Crusoe, Easter Island, Tahiti, Bora-Bora, Tonga, Fiji, Sydney
The Autostadt Magazine “Electric Scooters”, 2019
Lectures on AIDAmar: St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Gdansk, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen
The Autostadt Magazine “Sustainable Mobility”, 2019
Lectures on the world tour of AIDAaura: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Tenerife, Morocco, Portugal, France
The Autostadt Magazine “Power of Diversity”, 2019
Lectures on AIDAvita: Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia (including Bali), Australia
The Autostadt Magazine “Digital Fairness”, 2018
Lectures on AIDAcara: London, Paris, Santiago de Compostela, Porto, Lisbon, Valencia, Minorca, Mallorca
The Autostadt Magazine “Autonomous Cars”, 2018
The Autostadt Magazine “Electric Vehicles”, 2018
Evonik Magazine “Water”, 2017
“10 Years Evonik”, company anniversary book, 2017
Evonik Magazine “Age”, 2017
“When Wilhelm II. sent Lenin into the revolution” (together with Stefan Aust), cover story weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag, 2017
Evonik Magazine “World Trade”, 2017
Evonik Magazine “The Future of Consumption”, 2016
War of stones – diamond business, documentary on n-tv, 2016
Coverage of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, RTL, 2016
Langouste pirates, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2016
The victory of the anti-olympic hero Maria da Penha, report in RTL Nachtjournal, 2016
Knowledge Ships – futuristic centers in poor areas of Rio, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2016
Rio, a city on fire, reportage in weekly magazine Focus, 2016
Michael Jackson’s brother Tito films music video in favela, where Michael filmed “They Don’t Care About Us”, RTL Nachtjournal, 2016
Street Child Games in Rio, report in RTL Explosiv, 2016
The struggle over the Rio Olympics, reportage in weekly magazine Focus, 2016
The dead children of Rio, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2016
War against mosquitos, report on RTL News about the fight of 220 000 Brazilian soldiers against the Zika virus, 2016
World view: the robbers of Rio, column in weekly magazine Focus, 2016
Reverse direction – European migration to Africa, reportage in weekly magazine Focus, 2016
Babies with small heads – victims of Zika virus in Brazil, report on RTL, 2016
Fight for Olympia – how the Games divide Rio, TV documentary on n-tv, 2015
A German father kidnaps his own son, report from Nicaragua in RTL Explosiv, 2015
Mr. Olympia – Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes, Focus 2015
Panic about BRIC, analysis in weekly magazine Focus, 2015
Where our coffee comes from – report from Brazil for RTL Aktuell and Nachtjournal
One year before the Olympic Games in Rio, news on RTL and n-tv, 2015
World view: honest robbers, column in weekly magazine Focus, 2015
The collector and the spies – how East German art came to Brazil, story in Lufthansa Magazine, 2015
Pregnant while in coma, report from Cordoba/Argentina in RTL Punkt 12, 2015
Girl from Hannover innocent in jail, report from Lima/Peru in RTL Explosiv, 2015
Coverage of Rio Carnival 2015 for German TV RTL
World view: house moving Brazilian style, column in weekly magazine Focus, 2015
Beach robbers, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2015
Eye hospital for poor children in Recife – film with model Jana Ina Zarrella for the RTL telethon
Defaced for being “too pretty”, report from Buenos Aires in RTL Explosiv, 2014
“The Flying Eye”, with Greenpeace aircraft Amazon Edge over the rainforest, story in Lufthansa Magazine, 2014
Presidential hopeful Marina Silva, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2014
Portrait of the Brazilian presidential candidates Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff, weekly magazine Focus, 2014
Interview with Shakira, RTL 2014
Coverage of the FIFA soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil for German TV RTL and radio Saarländischer Rundfunk
Interview with music legend Carlos Santana, RTL 2014
Samba, sex and strike – how Rio de Janeiro prepares for the World Cup, reportage in weekly magazine Focus, 2014
The Campo Bahia of the German soccer team, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2014
Demonstration against the FIFA, report in RTL Nachtjournal, 2014
World Cup War, Focus 2014
Riots at the Copacabana, coverage on RTL
Eike Batista who nearly became the richest man of the world, Gala Men 2014
“Brazil is burning”, Quadriga Publishing House, 2014
The Child Soldiers of Rio, film on WDR, 2014
The Last VW Kombi, report in RTL Nachtjournal, 2013
Poverty Before the Most Expensive World Cup of All Times, report in RTL Nachtjournal, 2013
Draw for the 2014 World Cup, what fans and tourists can expect, report in RTL Nachtjournal, 2013
Favela Expedition: War for the World Cup, TV documentary on n-tv, 2013
The Man Behind Snowden, Portrait of Glenn Greenwald, Focus 2013
Hamburg’s Former Vice Mayor Lives in a Favela, exclusive report for RTL Nachtjournal, 2013
The Pope in Rio de Janeiro – coverage on RTL and n-tv, 2013
Protests in Brazil – news reports and live talks on RTL and n-tv, 2013
Jungle Camp – German Architects Build a Soccer Stadium in the Rain Forest, reportage in RTL Nachtjournal, 2013
Queuing in Rio, contribution for RTL Extra, 2013
A One-legged Samba Dancer, piece in RTL Explosiv, 2013
News from Stalingrad: the End of all “Führung”, TV documentary on SAT 1 (together with Stefan Aust and Alexander Kluge), 2013
Journey to Mars – the Conquest of the Red Planet, TV documentary for N24
Confucius and China’s rise, TV documentary on SAT 1 (together with Stefan Aust), 2012
Bridge Between the Oceans – the Puente Baluarte in Mexico, TV documentary for N24, 2012
“To World Power with Confucius”, Quadriga Publishing House, 2012
The Myth of the Spies (together with Stefan Aust and Marc Polednik), TV documentary for Vox, 2012
China’s Terracotta Warriors – the Army of the Dead Emperor, TV documentary for N24, 2012
Blood of the World – Fight for Oil, TV documentary for ZDF, 2011
Hamburg Port – Germany’s Gateway to the World, TV documentary for N24, 2011
Chongqing – Biggest City in the World, TV documentary for N24, 2011
Three Gorges Dam, TV documentary for N24, 2011
Chernobyl – Visit to the Death Zone, TV documentary for N24, 2011
China – Comeback with Confucius, TV documentary for N24, 2011
Carlos – Soldier of Terror (together with Stefan Aust), TV documentary for N24, 2010
“Manual for Beijing and Shanghai”, Piper Publishing House 2009
Risen from the Ruins, TV documentary on the German Left Party, ZDF 2009
“China. The History of the New World Power”, Dtv Premium Publishing House, 2009
Race Around the World, TV documentary on the financial crisis, ZDF 2009
“Wo de fenqing suiyue” (Chinese edition of “How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest”), New Star Press Beijing 2009
Olympic Games and its preparations, several stories in Stern magazine 2008
Sichuan earthquake, Stern 2008
World Power China, cover story, best sold issue of Stern in 2008
“How the World Revolution Once Accidentally Started in the Black Forest”, Eichborn Publishing House 2007
Daily Life in North Korea, Stern 2006
Hairs from India, Stern 2006
Environmental Problems in China, Stern 2005
Sex in China, Stern 2005
Tsunami, cover story, best sold issue of Stern in 2005
Petitioners in China, Stern 2004
Nazis in the US, Spiegel TV 2000
Learning Chinese in Beijing, Die Zeit 1998
Hong Kong Before the Handover, documentary on Spiegel TV 1997
Shanghai documentary, Vox Television 1997
The Tragic End of the Last Czar of Russia, Spiegel TV documentary 1996
War in Chechnya, Spiegel TV 1995
Portrait of Russian President Yeltsin, Spiegel TV 1995
“Russia Explosive”, VGS Publishing House 1994
Reports on Coup Against Gorbachev, ARD First German Television 1991
“Love Is Not on the State Plan”, S.Fischer Publishing House 1989 (Russian Edition 1990, Japanese Edition 1992)
Revolution Without Shooting, Pahl-Rugenstein Publishing House 1988 (Turkish Edition 1990)
Awakening China, Pahl-Rugenstein Publishing House 1987