Readers, especially non-professionals in foreign relations, will probably find most interesting those chapters on the "Wallabee" program, the August 17 Communique, the American six-point guarantee to Taiwan, and the granting of political asylum to mainland democracy activist Fang Lizhi and his wife.
書中觸及華勒比方案、八一七公報、美國對台六點保證，以及中國六四民運後，美國如何給予民運人士方勵之夫婦政治庇護等章節，最為外界好奇。