Years of Serving in Africa

Author: Guo Jing'an
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The two authors are a seasoned couple of diplomats who have spent decades overseeing U.S. and Canadian affairs. As among the first Chinese diplomats to establish a presence in North America, they have experienced both the hardships and honors of pioneering diplomatic work in the region. After the Cold War, they were dispatched to volatile Africa, facing interference from the Taiwan authorities' "money diplomacy" in Liberia, surviving life-and-death tests of war in Somalia, and witnessing the transition from chaos to order through multi-party elections in Ghana. The authors recreate major events they witnessed in a documentary style and describe the long history, splendid culture, and local customs of African nations with elegant prose.