Huang Hua’s memoir is a book describing his more than 70 years of activities as a revolutionary and a diplomat. It reflects also many significant aspects of China’s modern political history. In his posts as ambassador and foreign minister he witnessed a great range of events in international relations and participated in the realization of the foreign policy of New China.

Huang Hua just celebrated his 96th birthday. A graduate of Yenching University, he is a typical Chinese progressive intellectual of his time. In old China the suffering of the common people and the pressing danger of losing the sovereignty of the entire nation led Huang Hua and millions of young people to join the struggle for China’s liberation.

Huang Hua’s memoir is a book describing his more than 70 years of activities as a revolutionary and a diplomat. It reflects also many significant aspects of China’s modern political history. In his posts as ambassador and foreign minister he witnessed a great range of events in international relations and participated in the realization of the foreign policy of New China.

As to the book’s style of writing, it is just like the character of the author-clear and straightforward, so it is easy to read and comprehend.

Foreword

Preface

Chapter One My Formative Years and the December 9 Movement..

Chapter Two With Edgar Snow in His Reporting on Red China in Northern Shaanxi

Chapter Three US Army Observer Group and Military Mediation Headquarters

Chapter Four Contacts with John Leighton Stuart in Nanjing

Chapter Five Geneva Conference--the First High-Level International Conference New China Attended

Chapter Six Participation in the Asian-African Conference (The Bandung Conference)

Chapter Seven Appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Ghana

Chapter Eight Serving as Ambassador to the United Arab Republic

Chapter Nine Snow’s Third Visit to China and Kissinger’s Secret Trip

Chapter Ten The First Chinese Embassy in North America

Chapter Eleven Five Years at the Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN

Chapter Twelve As Foreign Minister

Chapter Thirteen Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship

Chapter Fourteen Establishment of Sino-US Diplomatic Relations and the Joint Communique on US Arms Sales to Taiwan

Chapter Fifteen Promoting Good Neighborliness and Friendship Visits to Nearby Asian Countries

Chapter Sixteen Meeting Four Indian Prime Ministers During One Official Goodwill Visit

Chapter Seventeen Visits to Developed Industrial Countries

Chapter Eighteen Journey to Africa

Chapter Nineteen The Cancun Meeting and Visits to Latin American Countries

Chapter Twenty The Early Stage of Sino-British Negotiations on the Question of Hong Kong

Chapter Twenty-One Attending Brezhnev’s Funeral to Promote Normalization of Sino-Soviet Ties

Chapter Twenty-Two My Contacts with Parliaments of Foreign Countries and Activities in the Inter-Action Council

Chapter Twenty-Three Carrying on the Cause of Soong Ching Ling Working with the Scholars of Lingnan

Chapter Twenty-Four International Friends and My Exchanges with Foreign Countries

Chapter Twenty-Five My Retirement Life

Postscript

Huang Hua Chronology