Young US author's Beautiful Country touching tale of China

Twelve years ago, 14-year-old John Randolph Thornton was sent to China for a year's study by his father, John Thornton, a banker and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University.

John Thornton always had full confidence in China's future development.

At the age of 20, John Randolph Thornton, who was studying at Harvard University, completed writing his book Beautiful Country after nearly four years of hard work.