[nickcarraway]

Mao Zedong died in September 1876, more than two years after Nixon left office.

[Soul of the South]

“Mao Zedong died in September 1876, more than two years after Nixon left office.”

1876 is a typo.

Mao died September 9, 1976. Nixon left the office of President August 9, 1974. The author’s story is not well researched or the author is intentionally fudging the timeline of events.

[BobL]

“Mao Zedong died in September (1976), more than two years after Nixon left office.”

That was a weird thing for the article to state, considering the first person Nixon met getting off the plane in Peking was Mao.

[jmacusa]

Wow. I didn’t know Nixon left office in 1874!