Passport to Peking : a very British mission to Mao's China /
Wright, Patrick.
Passport to Peking : a very British mission to Mao's China / Patrick Wright. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxi, 591 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Plates; List of Figures; Part I. In the Spirit of Geneva (London to Minsk); Part II. One Good Elk and Dinner with the Politburo (Moscow); Part III. Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator); Part IV. Listening to the Oriole (China); Part V. The Artist's Reckoning (China); Notes; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index.
President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee had also been to China to shake Chairman Mao by the hand. In the second half of 1954, scores of European delegations set off for Beijing, in response to Prime Minister Chou En-lai's invitation to 'come and see' the New China and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Communist victory.
9780191612664 (electronic bk.) 0191612669 (electronic bk.) 9780199541935 (hbk. ; alk. paper) 0199541930 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9786613296771
329677 MIL
1900-1999
British--History--China--20th century.
Britanniques--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
British.
Diplomatic relations.
International relations.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.
Chine--Relations extérieures--1949-1976.
China.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
DA47.9.C6 / W75 2010eb
327.41051
Passport to Peking : a very British mission to Mao's China / Patrick Wright. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxi, 591 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Plates; List of Figures; Part I. In the Spirit of Geneva (London to Minsk); Part II. One Good Elk and Dinner with the Politburo (Moscow); Part III. Anticipating China (Moscow to Ulan Bator); Part IV. Listening to the Oriole (China); Part V. The Artist's Reckoning (China); Notes; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index.
President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee had also been to China to shake Chairman Mao by the hand. In the second half of 1954, scores of European delegations set off for Beijing, in response to Prime Minister Chou En-lai's invitation to 'come and see' the New China and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Communist victory.
9780191612664 (electronic bk.) 0191612669 (electronic bk.) 9780199541935 (hbk. ; alk. paper) 0199541930 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9786613296771
329677 MIL
1900-1999
British--History--China--20th century.
Britanniques--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
British.
Diplomatic relations.
International relations.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.
Chine--Relations extérieures--1949-1976.
China.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
DA47.9.C6 / W75 2010eb
327.41051