50 years after Nixon-Mao handshake, Asia preps for new world order

Battle for preeminence disrupts U.S.-China collaboration, with consequences for all

When U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China half a century ago, it transformed the post-World War II international order in one stroke. Amid a standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the two superpowers of the time, Washington and Beijing chose to collaborate to counter Moscow.

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