English book on Sino-US relations captures insights

When President Xi Jinping was on his first state visit to the United States, in late September, a new book on China's relations with that country, intended to give English-speaking readers Chinese perspectives on the subject, was released in Beijing.

A Brief History of China-US Relations (1784-2013) captures more than 200 years of Sino-American exchanges since the US merchant ship Empress of China set sail for China.

It has been published by the Foreign Language Press, a division of the China International Publishing Group.