Doug Kanter wrote:

http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/uscn/docs/jc/790101.htm

"The United States of America and the People's Republic of China have
agreed to recognize each other and to establish diplomatic relations as of
January 1, 1979."

Article's right. You're wrong.

Oh. I forgot. You need simplicity, so you point to the date when a piece of
paper was signed. You don't want to know that the Chinese put on a banquet
for Nixon in 69 or 71 - somewhere in that range, and that we were also
sending diplomats (and ping pong players) back & forth constantly in those
days.

One really can't dismiss the damage Carter has inflicted on the US when
he gave away the Canal, turned his back on our Middle East allies, and
allowed China to become today's predominant power. History will record
Carter as the worst President and ex-President in US history. And that's
saying something considering LBJ.

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Skipper