An Essential History of China: Why it Matters to Americans

Who are the Chinese people? How do they think? What experiences have shaped their attitudes? Why should it matter to Americans?

At a time when most people in the West still believed the earth was flat, the Chinese had accurately calculated its size, charted the sky, invented the compass, and were navigating the oceans. The rest of the world was struggling to get to China, but China was already there.

We can only imagine how different life would be today if the tiny 60-foot ships of Columbus a...