《说不尽的外交(英文版)(精)》是中国第九任外交部长李肇星的首部外事回忆作品。
通过讲述自己如何从普通农家少年成长为新中国外交官并最终成为外交部长的人生历程，作者首度坦承个人外交生涯中的苦乐酸甜。通过勾画中国外交的历史脉络，本书首次系统阐释了中国外交布局、本质、原则及新内涵。通过追忆中美“炸馆事件”、中俄边界谈判、中日围绕历史问题的外交斗争、在联合国的涉台外交斗争等的幕后细节，本书披露了近十年来中国重大外交事件的决策和谈判过程，揭示了历史事件背后的真相。通过记录作者与各国政要等的私人交往、应对与处理各种外交问题的丰富实践，本书展现了中国外交官的风采，并首次梳理了一代外交人的经验与智慧。

Part One Relations with Major Countries
Chapter 1 The United States: Rival or Friend?
1.1 US Presidents in My Eyes
1.2 Contacts with US Secretaries of State.
1.3 A Tit-for-tat Struggle over the Question of Taiwan
1.4 Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
1.5 Bidding Farewell to Most-favored-nation Treatment
1.6 “9/11” and Chinas Response
1.7 The Great Way Cannot Be Blocked
Chapter 2 Russia: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
2.1 Suggestions, Yes; Coercion, No
2.2 Frequent Visits Between Leaders, and Mutual Understanding and Mutual Accommodation Between Two Peoples
2.3 Why the Soviet Union Disintegrated
Chapter 3 France: Eiffel Tower in “Chinese Red”
3.1 A Box of Foie Gras That Went Off Because of Me
3.2 French Etiquette Is a Delight
3.3 “Yes. I Will Smoke Now.”
3.4 “My Plane Problem Is Your Taiwan Issue”
Chapter 4 Britain: Out of Scores
4.1 The British Empire No Longer Exists, but Its Influence Remains
4.2 An Interpreter Could Diffuse Awkwardness
4.3 Negotiations May Not Be So Formal
4.4 Dispute Is Also a Kind of Negotiation
4.5 Striving to Lift the Embargo on Behalf of Equality
Part Two A Close Neighbor Means More than a Distant Relative
Chapter 5 DPRK: Being a Friend
5.1 A Fellow Student of Peking University: Invaluable Friendship but Distinctly Separate Lines Between Public Office and Individual Feelings
5.2 Six Party Talks: A Difficult Task to Persuade the US and the DPRK
Chapter 6 Pakistan: A Country I Not Only Like, but Passionately Love
6.1 China and Pakistan Are like Brothers
6.2 A Drop-in Will Be All Right
Chapter 7 99.9% Versus 0.1%
7.1 Indian Scholar: Homage to Ji Xianlin, the “Contemporary Xuanzang”
7.2 Deng Xiaoping: India Did Not Have to Worry About the Alleged War Threats from China
7.3 Mao Zedong: We Easterners Have a Desire for Unity
Chapter 8 We Are Relatives
8.1 Chinese and Thais Are “Brothers”
8.2 No Such a Thing as a Free “Dinner”
8.3 Tsunami Is Ruthless but the People Are Not
Chapter 9 China-Japan Relationship: Difficult but Essential
9.1 Seeing Both the Good and Bad Sides of Japanese
9.2 Putting a Case to the People of Hiroshima
9.3 Alluding to the Present by Means of a Historical Event in a Meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
……
Part Three Poor Friends, Good Friends, True Friends
Part Four Diplomacy on the Multilateral Stage
Part Five Foreign Affairs Are Both Events and Trifles
Part Six Enjoying My Work
Afterword