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The article explores the history of relations between France and China during the Cold War in the early 1960s. Emphasis is given to Sino-French rapprochement and negotiations between the governments of French President Charles de Gaulle and Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong to recognize each other. Other topics include Sino-French agreement on the conflict in Vietnam, diplomatic visits, and the global status of the People's Republic of China.

A literary criticism of the book "Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958 to 1969," edited by Christian Nuenlist, Anna Locher and Garret Martin is presented. It examines the book's claim that French President Charles de Gaulle's had the foreign policy goal of reshaping the bipolar international order of the Cold War.

The article presents an exploration into the political motivation of France under President Charles de Gaulle to formally recognize the People's Republic of China in January of 1964. The author highlights the event as a significant international move and discusses various reactions of other Western nations to the maneuver and its effect on French interests.

A review is presented of four articles within this issue by Irwin Wall, Edward A. Kolodziej, Marc Trachtenberg and Andrew Moravcsik concerning the book "Globalizing de Gaulle," which was written by the authors of this article.