To Change China : Western Advisers in China

by Spence, Jonathan D. (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140055283
• ISBN10: 0140055282
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1980-03-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume will serve as cautionary histories for businessmen, diplomats, students, or any other foreigners who foolishly believe that they can transform this vast, enigmatic country. "A fascinating popular book. . . . Mr. Spence has given these careers fascinating first-person detail. He is a skilled craftsman." (John K. Fairbank, The New York Review of Books)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Schall and Verbiest: To God Through the Stars	p. 3
Peter Parker: Bodies or Souls	p. 34
Ward and Gordon: Glorious Days of Looting	p. 57
Lay and Hart: Power, Patronage, Pay	p. 93
Martin and Fryer: Trimming the Lamps	p. 129
Edward Hume: Yale for China	p. 161
Mikhail Borodin: Life in the Sun	p. 184
Todd and Bethune: Overcome All Terrors	p. 205
Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer: A Compass for Shangri-La	p. 228
The Last Rounds: U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.	p. 279
Conclusion	p. 289
Chapter Notes	p. 294
Index	p. 327
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