Opening China as a tactic in the Cold War wasn’t a terrible decision. Letting them have access to our military secrets and our markets, beginning in the early 90s, without requiring actual reform and liberalization, was the mistake. During our 50 year cold war with the Soviets, we didn’t provide them military technology or help them fix their industrial problems. We traded with them in a limited way, grain deals and such, but not missile technology and we didn’t let them make our computer chips.
Nixon wasn’t the problem; Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama were.
“Nixon wasn’t the problem; Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama were.”
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You left out John Walker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqH6Gj4uPPU