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Schell on The Long Arc of US-China and Long Reach of Leninism

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The Importance of Taiwan to Xi Jinping

The reason why Taiwan is so important to Xi Jinping and to certain leaders is that they're deeply steeped in this victim culture. Mao Zedong said to Nixon and Kissinger, oh, Taiwan, if it takes 100 years to solve, no problem. Deng Xiaoping came to Washington, to normalize relations between the US and China with Jimmy Carter,. He said, let's leave the question of Taiwan to smarter future generations. Not push it, not force it, and not attack it if you can't get them to willingly submit to your enthusiasm.

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