Terry Lautz

Americans in China (eBook, ePUB)

Encounters with the People's Republic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Americans in China tells the dramatic stories of individual women and men who encountered the People's Republic of China as adversaries and emissaries, mediators and advocates, interpreters and reporters, soldiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and scholars. In Americans in China, Terry Lautz provides a series of biographical portraits of Americans who have lived and worked in China from before the Communist era to the present. The pathbreaking experiences of these men and women provide unique insights and deeply human perspectives on issues that have shaped US engagement with the People's Republic: politics, diplomacy, education, business, art, law, journalism, and human rights. For each of these Americans, China was more than just another place: it was an idea, a cause, a revolution, a civilization. Some of them grew up in China while others were motivated by curiosity and adventure. Some believed Red China was an existential threat while others looked to the People's Republic as a socialist utopia. Still others--including a number of Chinese Americans--worked to improve US-China relations for personal or professional reasons. Looming over their narratives is the quandary of whether divergent Chinese and Western worldviews could find common ground. Was it best to abide by Chinese norms, taking into account China's unique history and culture? Or should individual civil and human rights be defended as universal? Would China move in the direction of Western-style liberal democracy? Or was the Communist Party destined to follow an authoritarian path? The figures in this book had distinctive answers to such questions. Their stories hold up a mirror to our two societies, helping to explain how we have arrived at the present moment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197512852
• Artikelnr.: 63208111

Autorenporträt

Terry Lautz writes and teaches on the history of United States-China relations. He is former vice president of the Henry Luce Foundation, and has chaired the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Lingnan Foundation, and the Yale-China Association. He is the author of John Birch: A Life (Oxford, 2016) and lives in Reston, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Chronology of US-China Relations
Introduction: A Tale of Two Chinas
Part One: From Cold War to Reconciliation
1. Walter Judd: Cold War Crusader
2. Clarence Adams and Morris Wills: Searching for Utopia
3. Joan Hinton and Sid Engst: True Believers
4. Chen-ning Yang: Science and Patriotism
5. J. Stapleton Roy: The Art of Diplomacy
Part Two: From Cooperation to Competition
6. Jerome and Joan Cohen: Charting New Frontiers
7. Elizabeth Perry: Legacy of Protest
8. Shirley Young: Joint Ventures
9. John Kamm: Negotiating Human Rights
10. Melinda Liu: Reporting the China Story
Conclusion: The Search for Common Ground
Notes
Selected Readings
Index