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Best Books for Understanding China

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Best Books for Understanding China
People visit the Forbidden City during the Labor Day holidays, which take place from May 1 to May 5, in Beijing, on May 3, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Clyde Prestowitz
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As the competition between America and communist China becomes increasingly intense, it is essential that Americans have a deep understanding of China and of the history of its relations with the outside world and especially with the United States.

Clyde Prestowitz
Clyde Prestowitz
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Clyde Prestowitz is an Asia and globalization expert, a veteran U.S. trade negotiator, and presidential adviser. He was the leader of the first U.S. trade mission to China in 1982 and has served as an adviser to Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama. As counselor to the secretary of commerce in the Reagan administration, Prestowitz headed negotiations with Japan, South Korea, and China. His newest book is "The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership," which was published in January 2021.
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