In my book, RETURN TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, the heading of the 7th chapter is: Blending Confucius, Lincoln, and Marx, in which I explain what kind of society that Sun Yatsen, with the assistance of Eugene Chen, tried to create It would be a harmonious society (Confucian conception summed up in the ancient classic, BOOK OF RITES) in which there would be "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people" (Lincoln), and there would be no inequalities of wealth (Marx)

Some of what is new in my book, RETURN TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM, reveals historical details about China unknown in the West, or even in China itself, for that matter For example, I highlight my late father-in-law Eugene Chen's role in the "Russia-oriented" policy of Sun Yatsen

In my view, the current relations of US and China is like a marriage of convenience There are so many joint ventures between them, and they would rather stay married, at least for a while, than divorce

In this article, I would like to recall how I got my manuscript through to the publisher's desk First, of course, I had to write a saleable book, a book that could attract a broad readership