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9781891620379

A Great Wall: Six Presidents and China, An Investigative History

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  • ISBN13:

    9781891620379

  • ISBN10:

    1891620371

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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Summary

A revelatory history of the complicated and combative relationship between the world's biggest and the world's most powerful nations--by the former Beijing bureau chief of the "New York Times." of photos.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Cast of Characters xiii
Prologue: The Risk of War... 3(16)
The Taiwan Crisis
19(26)
The Sino-Soviet Border: 1969
45(60)
Nixon: The Opening...
105(76)
Ford: Estrangement---``I smile bitterly...''
181(46)
Carter: Fulfillment---``The president has made up his mind...''
227(60)
Reagan:...and Taiwan
287(54)
Bush:...and Tiananmen
341(40)
Clinton: The Butchers of Beijing...
381(36)
Transition:...it begins again
417(14)
Notes 431(30)
Photograph Credits 461(2)
Acknowledgments 463(2)
Index 465

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