"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.
