Robert B. Oxnam – författare

As China begins the 1980s, it faces perplexing questions, both old and new: Will the system that has evolved since 1949 accept daring political and economic reforms? Can the Chinese leadership end, once and for all, the contentious debate over the Cultural Revolution and the leadership of Mao Zedong? Can it strengthen currently frayed bonds of loyalty between a battered state and a skeptical society? What will a new administration in Washington mean to U.S.-China relations? These and other questions are addressed by China specialists in China Briefing, 1981, prepared by the China Council of The Asia Society. The annual's up-to-date reviews of the crucial issues facing China today will be of interest to all China watchers.

This book is an offshoot of the media activities of the China Council of The Asia Society in 1981. It provides a quick, multifaceted portrait that covers not only politics, economics, and foreign policy, but also society, culture, and personalities.

The harrowing, insightful, and courageous account of a prominent man's struggle with multiple personalitiesRobert Oxnam was a high-profile, successful man: A renowned scholar and president of the Asia Society, he appeared frequently on television and traveled the world as a sought-after expert. But what the millions of people who'd seen him didn't know--what even those closest to him didn't know--was that Oxnam suffered from multiple personality disorder. It was only after an intervention staged by family and friends, in response to frequent blackouts and episodic rages assumed to be alcohol-driven, that he sought treatment with Dr. Jeffery Smith; the first of his eleven personalities emerged in a session in 1990. After years of treatment, he has integrated them into three: Robert, Wanda, and Bobby, who take turns narrating this remarkable, unprecedented chronicle.