Word: mao
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...President, he let it be known that he wanted to visit the mainland before leaving office. On hearing this, Henry Kissinger, his National Security Adviser, smiled at a colleague and said, "Fat chance." Kissinger would soon find himself responsible for the trip's logistics and official communiqu?s. As for Mao, he had told a party conference in 1956: "In 12 years, Britain, America, West Germany and Japan will all want to do business with...
...this momentous event came about is the subject of Margaret MacMillan's fascinating book Seize the Hour: When Nixon Met Mao. She begins with the historic encounter itself-a meeting on Feb. 21, 1972, that the American delegation was not sure would actually take place. Yet as Nixon was going over his briefing books and practicing how to use chopsticks en route to Beijing, the seriously ill Mao was getting his first shave and haircut in months. As soon as Air Force One landed and Nixon greeted Premier Zhou Enlai with a prolonged handshake, Mao ordered Zhou to bring...
...MAO: The Unknown Story,” by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday...
...vice commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, helped direct the fight against U.S.-led coalition forces during the Korean War; in Beijing. Promoted to general for his role in aiding North Korea, Hong was purged in 1959 for his ties to opponents of Chairman Mao Zedong. Rehabilitated in the 1970s, he was pushed out again in 1989 for reportedly opposing the use of force during the bloody Tiananmen crackdown. Numbers 1,348 days Length of U.S. involvement in World War II, a milestone the U.S. involvement in Iraq passed on Nov. 26 406,000 Number of U.S. soldiers...
...followed in the '80s was another casualty of the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Many artists left the country. Now back, they're thrilled at being rewarded instead of hounded for expressing their feelings in their work. Fundamental issues like politics, ideology and spirituality remain important themes. Images of Mao Zedong, the Red Guards and other icons of the recent past are central to the works that have brought many of them fame...