Source: China – South China Morning PostIt is rare to come across a description of US president Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China that does not use the words “historic” or “groundbreaking”. The phrase “Nixon goes to China” has entered the American political lexicon, which journalist David Ignatius defined as “a moment in which a leader reverses his past positions to do something that is shocking but beneficial”.For the United States, the news that Nixon, whose entire political career had been built on rooting out communism, was…Read More