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A First-Hand View of 70 Years of China-US Relations
Chi Wang relates his experiences as a Chinese American, charting the highs and lows of China-U.S. relations from 1949 to the present day.
Few people have experienced the ups and down of China-U.S. relations as closely, and for as long, as Dr. Chi Wang.
- Shannon Tiezzi
- The Diplomat
Wang came to the United States from China in 1949, just before the People’s Republic of China was founded.
He eventually became the head of the U.S. Library of Congress’ Chinese and Korean section, and spearheaded people-to-people educational exchanges during the initial opening of the 1970s.
In 1995, Wang…