In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. 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. Drawing on his extensive personal experience with four generation of Chinese leaders, he brings to life towering figures such as Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping, revealing how their different visions have shaped China's modern destiny.
With his singular vantage on U.S.-China relations, Kissinger traces the evolution of this fraught but crucial relationship over the past 60 years, following its dramatic course from estrangement to strategic partnership to economic interdependence, and toward an uncertain future. With a final chapter on the emerging superpower's 21st-century world role, On China provides an intimate historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of the 20th century.
Henry Kissinger served as national security advisor and then secretary of state under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He is the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and diplomacy and is currently the chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
两个世纪之前的天廷洞开在一个外国人看来,清廷的对外态度是自然地沿袭了中华帝国的傲慢,但结果却是以夷制夷反被夷制,想谋定而动却被大势所趋。这让我反思一个“无能的清政府”的教科书结论是否显得太过单细胞。长久的清高加上不断的自我麻痹给了我们沉痛的教训。对于我们这...
评分看到91岁高龄的基辛格这个月又出了一本新书,想起自己两年多前买过他写的一本On China,就拿出来再翻一翻。他的每本书都喜欢写得都巨长无比,那时没空没心情仔细阅读,只是随便翻了一些重点章节,也印象不深。这次拿出来从头到尾再读一次,有点被震惊到。这种思维方式的美国人...
评分 评分《我将是你的镜子》本来是波普艺术家安迪·沃霍尔的一本访谈录。1982年,这位艺术家曾经有一次中国之旅。在这个给他奇异灵感的国度,这场被安排的旅途并不愉快,却留下不少诡异的照片。如今看来,吸引我们注意的倒不一定是那个苍白的西方人,反而是北京中八十年代初北京的风貌...
评分一本非常通俗的,入门级时政读物。 大篇幅的论述通过基辛格娓娓道来,让曾经发生的一切,好像一个个令人惊奇的故事,让我这个不太通晓历史的人,都可以比较顺畅的看进去。对于中英鸦片战争的始末描写,和高中课本中说的不尽相同。站在一个完全中立的角度看这件事情时,它的性...
基辛格博士的经历,作为一个历史的亲历者和缔造者,一个敏锐的观察家,一个具备深厚素养的学者,一个世界级的外交家,他的资格和分量是任何人都无法去忽视的。
评分小时候读过许多基辛格的书,都是中译,封底还故弄玄虚地印着“内部发行”(其实并不难买到)。这次是第一次看他的英文原文。仍属跳读。
评分Not a diplomatic theoretical argument, not even a scholarly writing on Sino-US relations, typical "China's old friend" stance makes Kissinger a holy cow, permeated the naive students of the school of China studies. 2.5/5
评分基辛格真是世界上最囉嗦的人之一
评分Memoir rather than something else.
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