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An Introduction to Dealing with China
 

Roderick MacFarquhar is Chair of the government department and Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University. In previous personae, he has been a journalist, a TV commentator, and a Member of Parliament. He recently completed the third volume of his trilogy, and is working on a book on the Cultural Revolution.

  • The key to dealing with China is to know the details.
  • Before we deal with China, we have to know what China is.
  • China is two things:
    • China is a great, highly populous country with a great and ancient civilization, possessing the longest, continuous political history anywhere on the globe.
    • The other China is the People's Republic of China.