Chen Jian is Director of the Center on Global History, Economy, and Culture at New York University–Shanghai and East China ...

Former President Jimmy Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive ...

Carter's most significant achievement was his announcement on Dec 15, 1978, that the US and the People's Republic of China ...

At a White House dinner, Carter pressed Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to allow freedom of worship and Bible ownership and admit American missionaries. Xiaoping allowed the first two but not the latter.