The Man on Mao's Right: From Harvard Yard to Tiananmen Square, My Life Inside China's Foreign Ministry - Hardcover

Chaozhu, Ji

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400065844 ISBN 13: 9781400065844

Verlag: Random House, 2008

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Book by Chaozhu Ji

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Having served Chairman Mao and the Communist leadership for two decades, and having become a key figure in China's foreign policy, Ji Chaozhu now provides a detailed account of the personalities and events that shaped today's People's Republic. Nine-year-old Ji and his family fled Japanese invaders to America in the late 1930s. Ji came of age in New York's East Village and attended Harvard University. But in 1950, he felt driven to volunteer to serve China in the Korean War. His mastery of the English language and American culture launched his improbable career, eventually winning him the role of English interpreter for China's two top leaders: Premier Zhou Enlai and Party Chairman Mao Zedong. With a unique blend of Chinese insight and American candor, Ji paints insightful portraits of the architects of modern China. Today, he says, "The Chinese know America better than the Americans know China. The risk is that we misperceive each other."--From publisher description.

Biografía del autor:

Ji Chaozhu was born on July 30, 1929, in the Shanxi Province of China. Throughout his decorated career, he has held posts in China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (where he was deputy director of the Department of Translation and Interpretation and deputy director of American and Oceanic Affairs). In 1982, he was appointed minister counselor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America, and has served as China’s ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Vanuatu, and the Court of St. James’s. From 1991 to 1996, he served as the under secretary-general of the United Nations. He currently resides in China with his wife.

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• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1400065844
• ISBN 13: 9781400065844
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354