Henry Kissinger brings his vast experience to bear on a history of CHINA viewed from a diplomatic perspective. Drawing on historical records as well as his personal conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how CHINA has approached diplomacy in the communist era, and what it means for the current global balance of power. Henry Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among others. He served as Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.