After the United States and China signed the Shanghai Communique 50 years ago, in February 1972, the U.S. pursued a policy of engagement with Beijing, hoping that China would become both a part of the existing international order and a democratic state in step with its economic growth.
Such a stance, addressed by Henry Kissinger, the U.S. president’s national security adviser at the time, has largely changed course today.
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