A Fragile Relationship: The United States and China since 1972

by Harry Harding

Book Overview

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President Nixon's historic trip to China in February 1972 marked the beginning of a new era in Sino-American relations. For the first time since 1949, the two countries established high-level official contacts and transformed their relationship from confrontation to collaboration. Over the subsequent twenty years, however, U.S.-China relations have experienced repeated cycles of progress, stalemate, and crisis, with the events in Tiananmen Square...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815734654
• ISBN13: 9780815734659
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"