A Great Wall

Hailed as "absorbing" by theNew York Timesand "suspense-filled" byForeign Affairs, Patrick Tyler'sA Great Wallbecame an instant classic; a must-read for anyone concerned with the complicated and combative relationship between the world's biggest and the world's most powerful nations. And no one could tell this story better than Patrick Tyler, veteran journalist and former Beijing bureau chief of theNew York Times. Using brilliant original reporting from his years in China; interviews with presidents, secretaries of state, Chinese officials, and other key leaders; and 15,000 pages of newly declassified documents, Tyler illuminates a relationship usually shrouded in secrecy, miscommunication, rivalry, fascination, and fear.A Great Wallis essential reading for anyone interested in China and anyone concerned with the shifting dynamics of post-Cold War geopolitics.

Patrick Tyler is a veteran of the Washington Post and the New York Times. A former Beijing bureau chief, he is currently on assignment in Moscow.