“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.
Or it is a typo
I have wondered if China’s participation with the COVID/Vax crisis isn’t more driven by a desire not to be left behind. Maybe they know what is coming to them and wish to inflict it on the rest of the world, rather than suffer alone.