Americans in China tells the dramatic stories of individual women
and men who encountered the People's Republic of China as
adversaries and emissaries, mediators and advocates, interpreters
and reporters, soldiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and scholars.
In Americans in China, Terry Lautz provides a series of
biographical portraits of Americans who have lived and worked in
China from before the Communist era to the present. The
pathbreaking experiences of these men and women provide unique
insights and deeply human perspectives on issues that have shaped
US engagement with the People's Republic: politics, diplomacy,
education, business, art, law, journalism, and human rights. For
each of these Americans, China was more than just another place: it
was an idea, a cause, a revolution, a civilization. Some of them
grew up in China while others were motivated by curiosity and
adventure. Some believed Red China was an existential threat while
others looked to the People's Republic as a socialist utopia. Still
others-including a number of Chinese Americans-worked to improve
US-China relations for personal or professional reasons. Looming
over their narratives is the quandary of whether divergent Chinese
and Western worldviews could find common ground. Was it best to
abide by Chinese norms, taking into account China's unique history
and culture? Or should individual civil and human rights be
defended as universal? Would China move in the direction of
Western-style liberal democracy? Or was the Communist Party
destined to follow an authoritarian path? The figures in this book
had distinctive answers to such questions. Their stories hold up a
mirror to our two societies, helping to explain how we have arrived
at the present moment.
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