China and Israel, 1948-1998: A Fifty Year Retrospective

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This is the first-of-its-kind analysis, in any language, of the trilateral relationship between Israel, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China. It is also the first comprehensive analysis of the relations between the founders and early statesmen of the ROC and the founders of modern Israel before the proclamation of the Jewish state in 1948. It includes eyewitness testimony from five of the key players involved in the trilateral relationship; historical analysis from Chinese, Israeli, Arab, and East Indian perspectives; and a multilingual bibliography. The collection describes Israeli-ROC and Israeli-PRC relations that vacillated over the decades. By 1998, they stabilized into full diplomatic relations between Israel and the PRC and officially unofficial trade and cultural ties between Israel and the ROCan accommodation that has also been adopted in Sino-American relations.

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.,."shed much light on the most populated country in the world and particularly on its Jewish connections."-National Jewish Post & Opinion
...shed much light on the most populated country in the world and particularly on its Jewish connections.-National Jewish Post & Opinion
[G]oldstein's volume is the first definitive work on the subject and serves as decent reference book for those interested in "Sino-Israel relations" and as a sign of how far the friendship between the two countries and two people have come.-Anthropos
Readers...will come away with considerable understanding of China, the interaction, between China and Israel, and the unusual experiences of a Jew who has lived in China since 1947.-The Jerusalem Post
This is an excellent survey of the issue....China and Israel, 1948-1998 is a refreshingly well-written book that covers the subject thoroughly and provides resources for future research on several different issues.-MESA Bulletin
"Goldstein's volume is the first definitive work on the subject and serves as decent reference book for those interested in "Sino-Israel relations" and as a sign of how far the friendship between the two countries and two people have come."-Anthropos
..."shed much light on the most populated country in the world and particularly on its Jewish connections."-National Jewish Post & Opinion
"Readers...will come away with considerable understanding of China, the interaction, between China and Israel, and the unusual experiences of a Jew who has lived in China since 1947."-The Jerusalem Post
"This is an excellent survey of the issue....China and Israel, 1948-1998 is a refreshingly well-written book that covers the subject thoroughly and provides resources for future research on several different issues."-MESA Bulletin
"[G]oldstein's volume is the first definitive work on the subject and serves as decent reference book for those interested in "Sino-Israel relations" and as a sign of how far the friendship between the two countries and two people have come."-Anthropos

Author Bio

JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN is Professor of East Asian History at the State University of West Georgia and Research Associate of Harvard University's John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research. He is the author of Philadelphia and the China Trade 1682-1846 and editor of America Views China: American Images of China Then and Now (1992) and The Jews of China (1999).