The China MirageJames Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americansincluding FDR's grandfather, Warren Delanowho in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. Meanwhile, American missionaries sought a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to Westernise. The media propagated this mirage, and FDR believed that supporting Chiang Kai shek would make China America's best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his way out and when Mao Zedong instead came to power,