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On China,
p.64
and Taiwan
“24 Dynastic Histories,”
twenty-first century
China’s global role in
China’s leadership in
Dai Bingguo’s statement of policy
differences in perspective
economic issues
national destiny debate
nonproliferation
Pacific Community in
strategic opportunity in
terrorist attacks
U.S.–China “co-evolution” in
U.S. responsibility in
weapons of mass destruction
Two Whatevers
Tyler, John
unequal treaties
United Nations:
anniversary of
China’s seat in
and economic development
and international security
and Korean War
on living standard
Security Council members
and Taiwan
and Three Worlds
and war on terrorism
United States:
Acheson White Paper
and Boxer Uprising
changes of administration in
and Chinese Nationalists
Chinese suspicions about
and Cold War, see Cold War; Soviet Union
current and future, see twenty-first century
debate about who “lost” China
embassy relocated to Beijing
and human rights issue
and Korean War
and Most Favored Nation (MFN)
NSC-48/2 document
and nuclear weapons
Open Door policy of
and Pacific Community
Perry’s “black ships” from
proposed role in Asia
relations with China; see also U.S.–China reconciliation; specific U.S. administrations
in Six Party Talks
spreading values of
as superpower
and Taiwan, see Taiwan
and Tiananmen crisis
and triangular diplomacy
and United Nations
and Vietnam, see Vietnam; Vietnam War
U.S.–China reconciliation
aftermath of
Chinese strategy in
conceptual discussions in
final meetings with Mao
and friendship
and Geneva/Warsaw talks
and horizontal line
intermediaries in
Kissinger’s role in
Kissinger’s second visit
Kissinger’s secret visit
Kissinger’s subsequent visits
and Nixon’s visit
normalization of relations
Ping-Pong diplomacy
preparations for summit
as quasi-alliance
and Shanghai Communiqué
Snow interviews
and Soviet Union
Third Communiqué
U.S. strategy in
and Ussuri River clash
U.S. technology to China
and Vietnam
U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Ussuri River
Vance, Cyrus
Victoria, Queen of England
Vietnam:
Cambodia invaded by
and classical China
Communist
Confucian elite in
and diplomatic talks
and France (first war)
independence of
Kissinger’s visit to (1973)
nationalism of
and Pacific Community
regional ambitions of
Soviet treaty with
withdrawal from Cambodia
Vietnam War
antiwar protests during
and Art of War
with China (third war)
Chinese aloofness from proclaimed by Mao
Geneva Conference (1954)
Paris Peace Accords
significance of
and U.S.–China relations
U.S. forces in (second war)
and U.S. policies
U.S. withdrawal from
Vladivostok
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vyshinsky, Andrey
Wang Bingnan
Wang Hairong
Wang Hongwen
Wang Jiaxiang
War Powers Act (1973)
Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)
Warsaw Pact
Watergate
wei qi
and balance of power
and Cambodia
and Chinese civil war
and Cold War
compared with chess
as “game of surrounding pieces,”
in Himalayas
and Khmer Rouge
and Korean War
Mao’s approach to military strategy and
strategic encirclement in
and Taiwan
and Vietnam wars
Wei Yuan
Wen Jiabao
Whiting, Allen
Wilson, Woodrow, principles of
Wo-ren
World War I
aftermath of
Crowe Memorandum
events leading to
World War II:
Cairo Conference
Chinese survival of
events leading to
Japanese surrender in
postwar Europe
Russian survival of
Stalin-Chiang negotiation in
U.S. superpower status following
Xiamen, as treaty port
Xinjiang:
Russian designs on
unrest in
Xiongnu tribes, threats from
Xiong Xianghui
Xu Xiangqian
Yahya Khan, Agha Muhammad
Yalta conference (1945)
Yang Shangkun
Yao Wenyuan
Yao Yilin
Ye Jianying
Yellow Emperor, tale of
Yuan Dynasty
Yuan Shikai
Zeng Guofan
Zhang Chunqiao
Zhang Wenjin
Zhao Ziyang
career of
and economic reforms
Jiang Zemin as successor to
Kissinger’s discussions with
and Tiananmen
Zhenbao Island
Zheng Bijian
Zheng He
zhongguo (Middle Kingdom)
Zhou, House of
Zhou Enlai
and Cultural Revolution
death of
fall of
and Forbidden City
illness of
and Korean War
and Mao
and Middle East
and Nixon’s visit to China
and Non-Aligned nations
personal traits of
and Shanghai Communiqué
and Soviet relations
and succession
and Taiwan
and territorial claims
and U.S.–China reconciliation
and Vietnam
Zhuge Liang:
alliance policies of
“Empty City Stratagem,”
Zhu Rongji
Zoellick, Robert
Zongli Yamen
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
CHAPTER 1 - The Singularity of China
CHAPTER 2 - The Kowtow Question and the Opium War
CHAPTER 3 - From Preeminence to Decline
CHAPTER 4 - Mao’s Continuous Revolution
CHAPTER 5 - Triangular Diplomacy and the Korean War
CHAPTER 6 - China Confronts Both Superpowers
CHAPTER 7 - A Decade of Crises
CHAPTER 8 - The Road to Reconciliation
CHAPTER 9 - Resumption of Relations: First Encounters with Mao and Zhou
CHAPTER 10 - The Quasi-Alliance: Conversations with Mao
CHAPTER 11 - The End of the Mao Era
CHAPTER 12 - The Indestructible Deng
CHAPTER 13 - “Touching the Tiger’s Buttocks” The Third Vietnam War
CHAPTER 14 - Reagan and the Advent of Normalcy
CHAPTER 15 - Tiananmen
CHAPTER 16 - What Kind of Reform? Deng’s Southern Tour
CHAPTER 17 - A Roller Coaster Ride Toward Another Reconciliation The Jiang ...
CHAPTER 18 - The New Millennium
EPILOGUE
Notes
Index
Henry Kissinger, On China


