A riveting account of a watershed moment in history: when America's struggles with the despotic Chiang Kai-shek and the manipulative, ascendant Mao Zedong altered the course of East-West relations.As
A riveting account of the watershed moment in America’s dealings with China that forever altered the course of East-West relationsAs 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China
Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-prof
This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire.As a young officer at the end of the war against Japan in 1945, he took part i
Taiwan's relationship with mainland China is one of the most fraught in East Asia, a key issue in the island's domestic politics, and a major obstacle in Sino-American relations.Between Assimilation a
This book examines the contradiction between Chinese perception of the missionary role and the missionariesO own perception of their role. It offers a critical assessment of the role of the missionari
Attempts to shed new light on the Anglo-American rivalry in China in the period between the defeat of Japan and the triumph of the Chinese Communists. This study contends that the USSR was not a major
Partially for reasons of document availability, Heinzig (Federal Institute for East European and International Studies, Germany) concentrates his study of Sino-Soviet relations on the period between 1
The collection is not in fact concerned with relations themselves between the two countries from the end of World War Two to the outbreak of the Korean War, but with the official British view of what
Drawing on extensive State Department files, declassified Navy policy papers, interviews with both former top officials and individuals who were involved in incidents, David F. Winkler examines the ev
Wendy Gan’s Comic China investigates the circumstances and motivations of cross-cultural humor. How do works that trade in laughter shape our understanding of Western discourses about China? Is humor
