Finding My Way: An American Maverick In China

“IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, we don’t like individualists,” Mr. Chen, the unit head, tells the author as Raddock describes his needs. The author learns the hard way that China’s pervasive authoritarian and police controls can be treacherous stumbling blocks to free movement and accomplishment. After several years as an academic at Columbia and the University of Texas, David Raddock worked as Director, International Political Affairs, for ENSERCH Corporation, a multinational in the diversified energy arena and civil engineering. He left ENSERCH first to act as senior consultant with Hill and Knowlton and then to assume a managing partnership in KCS&A Public Relations. David has written four books on international affairs and China and numerous articles for a range of publications running the gamut from academic journals to art magazines and The New York Times.