The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present

by John Pomfret

Book Overview

A Remarkable History of the Two-Centuries-Old Relationship Between the United States and China, from the Revolutionary War to the Present Day From the clipper ships that ventured to Canton hauling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805092501
• ISBN13: 9780805092509
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

China makes America great!!

This is a book covering the 240 years of history of Sino-American relationships. China opium trade made the big five families fortune with the Ivy Leagues colleges sharing the dark gold. Howqua was the wealthiest man in the world and was godfather to many Americans! Mr Pomfret did a good job in documenting the history as history major from Stanford and chief editor of Washington Post of Los Angeles. However, he got three facts wrong: Boxer-Muslim? (p.112), Minnie Vautrin tomb in Seco, Illinois, it was in Shephard, Michigan (P.256), Churchill iron curtain speech in Fulton, Mississippi (p.359), actually in Missouri. I had visited both places. There were two attempts to send Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to heaven (p.304, 411). America want to make China great in its image and value. China runs in its own way quickly and US feels threatening. Will the country of for the people, by the people of the people sit down with the country of 3 peoples principles for world peace? This is a good reference for the White House and Congress to learn from history!