Those of us of a certain age will remember the phrase: “Only Nixon can go to China.” After spending most of his political career as a hard-line anti-communist, Richard Nixon saw an opportunity to split Beijing from Moscow in 1972, opening up more friendly diplomatic relations and turning communist China into a counterweight to the Kremlin. Nixon could withstand potential blowback at home and avoid appearing to cave to communism because of his indisputable credibility in fighting communism at home and abroad.Read More
Only Zelensky can go to China?
