NUTR 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Table Tennis, Henry Kissinger, Ngo Dinh Diem
8 Aug 2018
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Conference 11: sino-american relations and the vietnam war. Background: last 2-3 years: major hot war in southeast asia (vietnam war, major contributions of china and us to opposing sides. Viii: taiwan situation, laos and cambodia (us is ramping up its involvement in these countries, at odds with the tone of the statement. Historians talk about it as a communique (shanghai communique) Governments point to it as the cornerstone of relations. Both sides want to be treated with respect and on equal terms: key theme for chinese foreign policy. Trade: still not that much trade going on between the two countries, nothing remotely like commercial relations we think of today. Audience: people in china, for years (through government media) had been emphasized that the american imperialists were enemy #1, people now being told to understand who might be china"s major ally in the.
