this book. It has drawn extensively from data appearing in the Institute's Global
Conference Briefing Book.

My earlier interest in Asia goes back to my military service in the
Asiatic/Pacific theater during 1944 and 1945, my brother's service in Korea
during the Korean War, his early interest and business trips to China, and to my
numerous contacts in the United States with China's Lei Xiangqin, following
events set in motion by President Richard M. Nixon's visit to China in 1972. As
an English interpreter for the People's Republic of China, Xiangqin brought
groups of technicians to the United States, and sometimes to London and
elsewhere.

Katie Chase was the project editor on this global-economy book. Janet
Fletcher was the typesetter. The contributions of both are appreciated.

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