Using culture rather than politics or economics as a reference point, Xu Guoqi highlights significant yet neglected cultural exchanges in which China and America have contributed to each other¿s national development, building the foundation of what Zhou Enlai called a relationship of ¿equality and mutual benefit.¿
Xu Guoqi is Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong.Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.