On this day in 1972 US President Richard Nixon arrived in China at the start of a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries. It can be said to be somewhat successful as now, thirty years later, America's manufacturing base is dwindling to nil and China holds a sizable portion of that nation's debt.
Stay tuned to see how it all plays out...
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Stay tuned to see how it all plays out...
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I'm still not sure how I should go about amending these posts. I know some people are purists, and don't believe in touching the original post. I personally don't have a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteBut this is another link about the same story. I like the idea of using the Comments section as a kind of conversation about the story, so as the Blogmaster I offer the following link to enrich the above story.
That link again:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/03/12/070312crbo_books_menand
Just on the off off way off chance I, of all people, made a mistake.