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Aram Bakshian Jr.: China and America, and the romance of history’s oddest couple

John Pomfret-ChinaTHE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND THE MIDDLE KINGDOM: AMERICA AND CHINA, 1776 TO THE PRESENT
By John Pomfret

Henry Holt, $40, 693 pages Continue reading

SIMON WINCHESTER: Gathering Storm: A History of the Complicated U.S.-China Relationship Since 1776

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Former President Ulysses S. Grant meets with China’s Viceroy Li Hongzhang, 1879. Credit Library of Congress

THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
America and China, 1776 to the Present
By John Pomfret
Illustrated. 693 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $40. Continue reading