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Turning point · The Cold War, 1945–1991
Nixon in China
21–28 Feb 1972 — The arch anti-communist toasts Mao in Beijing and signs the Shanghai Communiqué. The triangle is complete: each communist power now fears the other more than the West.
This is one scene of Chapter 9 — Détente: The Triangle in The Cold War, 1945–1991.
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