Author: K Natwar Singh
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 205
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788129114549
Description
My China Diary 1956-88 recounts the events which occurred when the author served as a diplomat in Beijing, and what transpired during Premier Chou En-lai’s ill-fated visit to India in April 1960.
The book concludes with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Path-breaking passage to China. It offers new insights about the complexities of India-China bilateral relations between 1956 and 1988. His overview is fascinating.
My China Diary 1956-88 is illuminating, provocative, stimulating and unputdownable.
Contents
Preface
List of Illustrations
PART ONE
1956-58
Diary – 1956
Diary – 1957
Diary – 1958
PART TWO
Premier Chou En-lai’s Visit to India, 20-26 April 1960
Prefatory Note
Meeting with Vice-President Dr S. Radhakrishnan
Meeting with Pandit G.B. Pant
R.K. Nehru’s Meeting with Premier Chou En-lai
Finance Minister Morarji Desai’s Meeting with
Premier Chou En –lai
PART THREE
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Visit to China 19-23 December 1988
Prefatory Note
Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Yang Shengkun
The Climax: Meeting with Deng Xiaoping
Endnotes
Appendices
1. Dr S, Radhakrishnan’s Speech on Leaving Peking, 27 September 1957
2. Prime Minister Nehru’s Speech at the Banquet Held in Honour of Chou En-lai, 20 April 1960
3. Talks between Prime Minister Nehru and Premier Chou En-lai, 25 April 1960
4. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Speech at Qinghua University, Beijing 21 December 1988
5. India-China Joint Press Communique Issued on 23 December 1988
6.Concordance of Chinese Names and Places
Who’s who
Acknowledgements
Index
Also by the Author