On China is a 2011 nonfiction book by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Kissinger, one of the most famous diplomats of the 20th century, is well known for the role he played in Sino-American relations during the Nixon administration and in particular the 1972 Nixon visit to China.^[] Thus, his book focuses on Chinese history through the lens of foreign policy considerations, and in particular his own brand of realpolitik. It focuses on how Sino-Soviet border clashes forced China to consider a new opening of relationship with the United States. The book also discusses the complex decision-making of chairman Mao Zedong during the Taiwan Strait Crisis. The preliminary negotiations began through the ambassadorial levels in Warsaw, Bucharest and through Yahya Khan in Pakistan. In addition to pure history and discussion of foreign policy, the work is also something of a personal narrative of Kissinger's experiences in China^2] and in that respect is a memoir intended to bolster positive perceptions of his expertise and influence when it comes to Chinese-American relations.^]

 在中國是一本由美國前國務卿亨利·基辛格2011年發表的論文集刊。基辛格是20世紀最著名的外交官之一，是眾所周知的，他在中美關係1972年尼克松訪問中國期間，尼克松政府，特別是發揮的作用。因此，他的書側重於中國通過歷史的外交政策考慮的鏡頭，特別是自己的品牌現實政治。

Instead of a proper review, this is more like a sketch of the thoughts which struck me while reading Henry Kissinger’s On China.  In the past, writers were often individuals who saw things differently. Being different helped them to highlight alternative perspectives and popular social ills. Once in a while, they turned out to be right, and even listened to; and their visions delivered impact. Nowadays, books are written for a mass market. Guided by publishing preferences, more and more writers build their positions on opinion polls and market surveys. It is therefore refreshing to read Kissinger who, at nearly 90, has neither the time nor incentive to appease popularised prejudice.

 Henry Kissinger served as national security advisor and then secretary of state under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and has advised many other American presidents on foreign policy. He received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty, among other awards. He is the author of numerous books and articles on foreign policy and diplomacy and is currently the chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.

亨利·基辛格曾擔任在尼克松和杰拉爾德·福特國家安全顧問和當時的國務卿，並在外交政策已告知其他許多美國總統。他獲得了1973年諾貝爾和平獎，總統自由勳章和自由勳章，在其他獎項。他是在外交政策和外交許多書籍和文章的作者，目前正在基辛格Associates公司，一家國際諮詢公司的董事長。

20150319筆者的Blog曾經報導季辛吉123 Henry Alfred Kissinger 猶太裔的政治生意人? 

季辛吉這位老謀深算的國際級政客與投資客,當年他出謀策劃,單槍匹馬的到中國與毛澤東,周恩來及幕僚們,深度的分析國際情勢,對於中國的影響深遠,開始了秘謀中國與美國建交的戰略思想,當時中國文化大革命結束又與蘇聯交惡,季辛吉向當時美國總統尼克森及國務院資深政治家,分析中國,美國,蘇聯在未來的世界中所扮演的角色,因為當時美,蘇的冷戰中只有中國保持中立,不介入任何一方,美國的生意經是想拉攏中國制衡蘇聯,企圖協助中國開發市場,並國際化,美國人的如意算盤,就在這位具有猶太人血統的季辛吉的秘密導引下,穿針引線的將中,美兩國搞成親家,正式建立外交關係,雙方發表聯合公報,第一件事就是承認一個中國的政策及與中華民國斷交,這樣一來,在日後的美國卡特總統任內都付諸實,現並制定台灣關係法,拑制台灣的政治,國防,外交,這些都是季辛吉的功勞? 

季辛吉在日後的中美建交期間,多次訪問中國與鄧小平,江澤民,胡景濤等中國領導人保持密切的往來,自尼克森總統以後,美國歷任總統無論是共和國或是民主黨,都將季辛吉視為國師,為命適從,服膺季辛吉的中國政策,我們知道季辛吉最高的戰略思維,其實是源自於中國古老的儒家學說與老子道德經,說也奇怪外人不得而知季辛吉,本人不識中文,為何對於中國哲人的文化思想如此的瞭解? 

今年的暑假期間聽說他的顧問智庫集團人員要舉辦研討會主題聽說是"地球繞者中國跑"?

Fascinating, shrewd . . . The book deftly traces the rhythms and patterns of Chinese history." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing. With a new final chapter on the emerging superpower’s twenty-first-century role in global politics and economics, On China provides historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of our time.

 In On China, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to the country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as on his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the twenty-first-century.
As Kissinger underscores, the unique conditions under which China developed continue to shape its policies and attitudes toward the outside world. For centuries, China rarely encountered other societies of comparable size and sophistication. China was the "Middle Kingdom," treating the peoples on its periphery as vassal states. At the same time, Chinese statesmen-facing threats of invasion from without and the contests of competing factions within-developed a canon of strategic thought that prized the virtues of subtlety, patience, and indirection over feats of martial prowess.

　　On China examines key episodes in Chinese foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on the decades since the rise of Mao Zedong, and the often fraught but crucial relationship between Beijing and Washington. Kissinger illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, Richard Nixon's historic trip to Beijing, and the Tiananmen Square events of 1989. Kissinger brings to life the two towering figures of the People's Republic of China, Mao and Deng Xiaoping, revealing how their divergent visions have shaped China's modern destiny.

　　The book traces the evolution of Sino-American relations over the past sixty years, following their dramatic course from estrangement to strategic partnership to economic interdependence, and toward an uncertain future. With a final chapter on the ascendant superpower's twenty-first century global role, On China provides a sweeping historical perspective on Chinese foreign affairs from one of the premier statesmen of the twentieth century.

在中國，基辛格開啟首次在書中長度，他已經知道密切了幾十年的國家，其現代化的關係與西方的他幫助塑造。借鑒歷史記錄，以及他與中國領導人在近四十年的談話，基辛格探討了中國如何走近外交，戰略，談判在其整個歷史，反映了對權力的二十一的全球平衡的後果-century。
正如基辛格強調，獨特的條件下發展中國繼續塑造它的政策和態度外面的世界。幾個世紀以來，中國很少遇到同等規模和複雜程度等社會。中國是“中央王國”，在治療上的人民其作為諸侯國外圍。與此同時，中國的政治家面對侵略之患，威脅和競爭的派系之內，開發了珍貴的精妙之處，耐心和間接的美德過武藝的功勳戰略思想的一個經典的比賽。

在中國考察的關鍵情節在中國的外交政策，與從毛澤東的崛起，以及北京和華盛頓之間的往往誤人子弟但至關重要的關係，特別強調了幾十年。基辛格闡明中國外交的內部運作在這樣重大的事件是中國和現代歐洲大國，中蘇同盟的形成和分解的初步交鋒，朝鮮戰爭，尼克松的歷史性訪問北京，天安門事件1989年基辛格給生活帶來中國，毛澤東和鄧小平的人民共和國的兩座高聳的數字，揭示他們如何分歧願景塑造了中國的現代命運。

該書追溯了六十年來中美關係，跟隨他們的戲劇課程，從隔閡到戰略合作夥伴關係，經濟相互依存的演變，走向一個不確定的未來。隨著方興​​未艾超級大國的二十一世紀的全球角色的最後一章，在中國提供中國外交清掃歷史的角度，從二十世紀首屈一指的政治家之一。