James Lilley

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
James Lilley spent much of his childhood in China; was there with the CIA from 1951 to 1974; was U.S. representative in Taipei from 1982 to 1984, and ambassador in Beijing from 1989 to 1991. His new book is China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia.

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