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On China [sound recording] / Henry Kissinger.

by Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

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Penguin Audio, p2011.

COMPACT DISC 327.51 K61o

World politics -- 21st century.

China -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.

China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.

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16 compact discs (20:30 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.

The singularity of China -- The Kowtow question and the opium war -- From Preeminence to decline -- Mao's continuous revolution -- Triangular diplomacy and the Korean War -- China confronts both superpowers -- A decade of crises -- The road to reconciliation -- Resumption of relations: first encounters with Mao and Zhou -- The Quasi-Alliance: conversations with Mao -- The end of the Mao era -- The indestructible Deng -- "Touching the tiger's buttocks: the third Vietnam War -- Reagan and the advent of normalcy -- Tiananmen -- What kind of reform? Deng's southern tour -- A roller coaster ride toward another reconciliation: the Jiang Zemin era -- The new millennium -- Does history repeat itself? The Crowe memorandum.

Read by Nicholas Hormann.

Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century. Since no other country can claim a more powerful link to its ancient past and classical principles, any attempt to understand China's future world role must begin with an appreciation of its long history. For centuries, China rarely encountered other societies of comparable size and sophistication; it was the "Middle Kingdom," treating the peoples on its periphery as vassal states. At the same time, Chinese statesmen-facing threats of invasion from without, and the contests of competing factions within-developed a canon of strategic thought that prized the virtues of subtlety, patience, and indirection over feats of martial prowess. In 'On China', Kissinger examines key episodes in Chinese foreign policy from the classical era to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the decades since the rise of Mao Zedong. He illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing, and three crises in the Taiwan Straits.

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Hormann, Nicholas, 1944-

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