For Friendship and Peace - An Insider's Account of People-to-People Diplomacy

Author: Liu Gengyin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: People-to-people diplomacy is a page worth highlighting in the history of China's foreign relations. Author Liu Gengyin has been actively engaged in people-to-people diplomacy for decades. He has compiled his nearly half-century diplomatic career into this book, describing and documenting the great wisdom and bold moves in China's people-to-people diplomacy over the past five decades of the New China. How did Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi pave the way for people-to-people diplomacy? Why did the Cooperative Movement rise in China? How did international friends like Louis M. E. A. S. Allee, Chester L. Long, and Bertrand help China in its foreign exchanges? Unknown details, exclusive revelations, straightforward descriptions, and illustrated content make readers feel as if they are witnessing history firsthand. With an open perspective and unique experiences, the author has given this book invaluable historical document value, making it a must-read for understanding and studying the history of China's people-to-people diplomacy.