"Now fully revised and updated, The United States and China offers a comprehensive synthesis of US-Chinese relations from initial contact to the present. Balancing the modern (1784-1949) and contemporary (1949-present) periods, Dong Wang retraces centuries of interaction between two of the world's great powers from the perspective of both sides" -- Provided by publisher.

Part I.The Pacific frontier and Qing China, 1784-1911. Yankee merchants and the China trade -- Opium wars and the open door -- Chinese immigration: roots in the United States -- American Protestantism: Roots in China -- Part II. The United States and China in the era of World Wars and Revolutions, 1912-1970, Revolutions, nationalism, and internationalization -- The Pacific war and Red China --|t Deterrence and negotiation: American-Chinese relations at the height of the Cold War -- Facing East and West: agents of encounter -- Part III. Rapprochement, the United States as the benchmark setter, and the China challenge, 1970-present. Renewing the bilateral relationship, 1987-1989 -- The China market and the allure of the United States -- Clashes, cooperation, and fluctuations in the relationship -- the race: changing dynamics in the economic, social, and cultural arenas.