United States and China

Dong Wang is distinguished professor of history and director of the Wellington Koo Institute at Shanghai University, a Chatham House member, and has been a research associate at the Fairbank Center of Harvard University since 2002. Her books include Longmen’s Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage, Managing God’s Higher Learning: U.S.-China Cultural Encounter and Canton Christian College (Lingnan University), 1888–1952, and China’s Unequal Treaties: Narrating National History.

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.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Pacific Frontier and Qing China, 1784–1911 1 Yankee Merchants and the China Trade 2 Opium Wars and the Open Door 3 Chinese Immigration: Roots in the United States 4 American Protestantism: Roots in China Part II: The United States and China in the Era of World Wars and Revolutions, 1912–19705 Revolutions, Nationalism, and Internationalization6 The Pacific War and Red China 7 Deterrence and Negotiation: American-Chinese Relations at the height of the Cold War 8 Facing East and West: Agents of Encounter Part III: Rapprochement, the United States as the Benchmark Setter, and the China Challenge, 1970–Present 9 Renewing the Bilateral Relationship, 1970–1989 10 The China Market and the Allure of the United States 11 Clashes, Cooperation, and Fluctuations in the Relationship 12 The Race: Changing Dynamics in the Economic, Social, and Cultural Arenas Epilogue Bibliography About the Author