A Look at the Issues Roiling Contemporary United States/China Relations
When then-President Richard Nixon met China's Chairman Mao in 1972, the resulting "Shanghai Communique" set in motion a historic half-century synergy of diplomacy, economics and science that dramatically changed the world. The sometimes-fraught Sino-American relationship was, until quite recently, the fulcrum of the modern world's unprecedented prosperity, extraordinary scientific applications and close cultural connections. This might all soon end in a catastrophic explosion which will simultaneously resemble Cain's killing of Abel and Adam's expulsion from Eden. These presentations will explore some (3) of the core problematic relationship areas.