Country, Conscience and Caviar: A Diplomat's Journey in the Company of History

361 pp. Alfred L. Jenkins (1916-2000) was an American diplomat, lecturer and author, born September 14, 1916, in Manchester, Georgia. He was a political authority on Chinese-American relations and served under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon. Jenkins has been called "Mr. China" and participated in Sino-American relations for more than twenty years.