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Now fully revised and updated, The United States and China offers a comprehensive synthesis of US-Chinese relations from initial contact to the present. Balancing the modern (1784–1949) and contemporary (1949–present) periods, Dong Wang retraces centuries of interaction between two of the world’s great powers from the perspective of both sides. She examines state-to-state diplomacy, as well as economic, social, military, religious, and cultural interplay within varying national and international contexts. As China itself continues to grow in global importance, so too does the US-Chinese relationship, and this book provides an essential grounding for understanding its past, present, and possible futures.

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A masterful history. Dong Wang deftly sets the vicissitudes of two and a half centuries of Sino-American interactions in the context of the evolving identities of the two powers as both pursue national greatness and grapple with the challenges and opportunities of a globalizing world. --Carla P. Freeman, Johns Hopkins University Dong Wang has impressed me in the past and does so again with this carefully revised edition of her accessible survey of US-China relations. She has improved an already excellent tale of two countries. It now includes a deft handling of the latest dramatic developments in an always interesting diplomatic and cultural relationship that has more dimensions and arguably more global significance than ever before. --Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine Dong Wang's outstanding volume offers uniquely a comprehensive treatment and a balanced assessment of Chinese and American perspectives in its masterful examination of the 240-year history of US-China relations. Many important lessons and insights offered along the way deepen understanding and urge moderation. They warrant careful consideration even from those on both sides now committed to zero-sum rivalry. --Robert G. Sutter, professor of International Affairs, George Washington University Dong Wang's thoroughly updated book is excellent--wide-ranging, carefully researched, clearly written. Unlike other histories of the United States and China, it skillfully presents the Chinese as well as the American sides of this complex, challenging, and consequential relationship. --Terry Lautz, former vice president, Luce Foundation; chair, Harvard-Yenching Institute

A masterful history. Dong Wang deftly sets the vicissitudes of two and a half centuries of Sino-American interactions in the context of the evolving identities of the two powers as both pursue national greatness and grapple with the challenges and opportunities of a globalizing world. Dong Wang has impressed me in the past and does so again with this carefully revised edition of her accessible survey of US-China relations. She has improved an already excellent tale of two countries. It now includes a deft handling of the latest dramatic developments in an always interesting diplomatic and cultural relationship that has more dimensions and arguably more global significance than ever before. Dong Wang's outstanding volume offers uniquely a comprehensive treatment and a balanced assessment of Chinese and American perspectives in its masterful examination of the 240-year history of US-China relations. Many important lessons and insights offered along the way deepen understanding and urge moderation. They warrant careful consideration even from those on both sides now committed to zero-sum rivalry. Dong Wang's thoroughly updated book is excellent--wide-ranging, carefully researched, clearly written. Unlike other histories of the United States and China, it skillfully presents the Chinese as well as the American sides of this complex, challenging, and consequential relationship.

Dong Wang's thoroughly updated book is excellent--wide-ranging, carefully researched, clearly written. Unlike other histories of the United States and China, she skillfully presents the Chinese as well as the American sides of this complex, challenging, and consequential relationship.--Terry Lautz, former vice president, Luce Foundation and chair, Harvard-Yenching Institute Dong Wang's outstanding volume offers uniquely comprehensive treatment and balanced assessment of Chinese and American perspectives in its masterful examination of the 240-year history of US-China relations. Many important lessons and insights offered along the way deepen understanding and urge moderation. They warrant careful consideration even from those on both sides now committed to zero-sum rivalry.--Robert G. Sutter, George Washington University

Dong Wang's outstanding volume offers uniquely comprehensive treatment and balanced assessment of Chinese and American perspectives in its masterful examination of the 240-year history of US-China relations. Many important lessons and insights offered along the way deepen understanding and urge moderation. They warrant careful consideration even from those on both sides now committed to zero-sum rivalry.--Robert G. Sutter, George Washington University

Dong Wang has impressed me in the past and does so again with this carefully revised edition of her accessible survey of US-China relations. She has improved an already excellent tale of two countries. It now includes a deft handling of the latest dramatic developments in an always interesting diplomatic and cultural relationship that has more dimensions and arguably more global significance than ever before.--Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine Dong Wang's outstanding volume offers uniquely a comprehensive treatment and a balanced assessment of Chinese and American perspectives in its masterful examination of the 240-year history of US-China relations. Many important lessons and insights offered along the way deepen understanding and urge moderation. They warrant careful consideration even from those on both sides now committed to zero-sum rivalry.--Robert G. Sutter, George Washington University Dong Wang's thoroughly updated book is excellent--wide-ranging, carefully researched, clearly written. Unlike other histories of the United States and China, it skillfully presents the Chinese as well as the American sides of this complex, challenging, and consequential relationship.--Terry Lautz, former vice president, Luce Foundation; chair, Harvard-Yenching Institute

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Dong Wang is distinguished university professor of history and founding executive director of the Wellington Koo Institute for Modern China in World History at Shanghai University, as well as research associate at the Fairbank Center of Harvard University. Her books include Longmen’s Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage.

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