Ebook: On China

"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.;1. The singularity of China -- 2. The Kowtow question and the Opium War -- 3. From preeminence to decline -- 4. Mao's continuous revolution -- 5. Triangular diplomacy and the Korean War -- 6. China confronts both superpowers -- 7. A decade of crises -- 8. The road to reconciliation -- 9. Resumption of relations: first encounters with Mao and Zhou -- 10. The quasi-alliance: conversations with Mao -- 11. The end of the Mao era -- 12. The indestructible Deng -- 13. "Touching the tiger's buttocks": the third Vietnam War -- 14. Reagan and the advent of normalcy -- 15. Tiananmen -- 16. What kind of reform? Deng's southern tour -- 17. A roller coaster ride toward another reconciliation -- 18. The new millennium.