On China
For more than twenty years after the Communist Revolution in 1949, China and most of the western world had no diplomats in each others'' capitals and no direct way to communicate. Then, in July 1971, Henry Kissinger arrived secretly in Beijing on a mission which quickly led to the reopening of relations between China and the West and changed the course of post-war history.
For the past forty years,...
For more than twenty years after the Communist Revolution in 1949, China and most of the western world had no diplomats in each others'' capitals and no direct way to communicate. Then, in July 1971, Henry Kissinger arrived secretly in Beijing on a mission which quickly led to the reopening of relations between China and the West and changed the course of post-war history.
For the past forty years,...
