“Mao-Nixon” 2.0
The “Sunnylands summit” meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama may prove to be a watershed in bilateral relations. Indeed, what Xi wants – “a new type of relationship between major powers” – has its conceptual origins in the historic meetings between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon in 1972.
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BEIJING – The “Sunnylands summit,” which brings together Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama at a California estate this weekend, may prove to be a watershed in relations between the world’s largest and second-largest economies. Indeed, what Xi wants from the meeting – namely, “a new type of relationship between major powers” – has its conceptual origins in the historic meetings between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon in 1972.