Trump, Nixon, and Their China Legacy
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Time has moved on.
But once upon a time it was January 1969. Richard Nixon had been sworn in as America’s 37th President. Twenty years earlier, the Communist People’s Republic of China had been created. And for those following 20 years, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China had been frozen in diplomatic ice. They had no relations. They simply did not speak. In fact, at that moment the United States was in a full-fledged war with Communist North Vietnam, which was, in fact, a China ally
But once upon a time it was January 1969. Richard Nixon had been sworn in as America’s 37th President. Twenty years earlier, the Communist People’s Republic of China had been created. And for those following 20 years, diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China had been frozen in diplomatic ice. They had no relations. They simply did not speak. In fact, at that moment the United States was in a full-fledged war with Communist North Vietnam, which was, in fact, a China ally
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