"In 1972, there was only one thing that brought the United States and China together: the growing strategic power of the Soviet Union. That shared worry led President Richard Nixon on his historic trip to Beijing, where the Chinese Communists welcomed him and American help to balance the Soviet threat. Back then, our relationship was defined solely by the strategic concern about the significant build-up of Soviet nuclear weapons.
Today, the relationship between the U.S. and China is almost solely driven by economic matters. My, what a difference nearly 40 years makes."
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