Beginning 250 years ago, the world’s newest country began to trade and interact with the oldest and (at the time) the richest kingdom in history. Over the intervening period, the roles have changed dramatically, and now the U.S. and China find themselves rivals for world leadership. In the interim, there have been dramatic interactions between them in trade, religion, education, philosophy, war, immigration, and of course, cuisine. Find out what we can we learn from tracing that interaction and how it can help us more effectively analyze future relations.