"Fascinating,
shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese
history." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
In
this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time
at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose
modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner
workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial
encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation
and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower's twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides
historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier
statesmen of our time.