The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom (Audiobook)

from jmoncton

This was a fascinating look at the difficult and complicated relationship the US and China have had over the past few centuries. Today trade with China is often in the headlines and there is a strong sentiment in the US that China 'cheats' the US by stealing trade secrets or through currency mani...

from abealy

America has woven an intricate relationship with China since the dawn of American Independence. We have admired, cajoled, abused, protected, proselytized and betrayed our shifting relationships with the Middle Kingdom more times than can be accurately stated. And not surprisingly, China has done ...

from DoctorDebt

John Pomfret presents an overview of 250 years of U.S./China relations - not an easy task! If there's one recurring theme here, it's cycles of enchantment and disappointment as the two sides interact with and influence each other. I think the book is at its strongest covering the period from abou...

from rhbouchard

Excellent book, so illuminating, and very readable. One of the characteristics of US-China relations is the secretive nature of it that prevails to the present day. The whole post-WWII Lost China actually had a basis with Communist sympathizers in the State Department and the prejudice of Stillwe...

from jmoncton

This was a fascinating look at the difficult and complicated relationship the US and China have had over the past few centuries. Today trade with China is often in the headlines and there is a strong sentiment in the US that China 'cheats' the US by stealing trade secrets or through currency mani...