Commentary
In 1949, Mao Zedong’s civil war victory on the mainland led to a break in relations between China and the free world that lasted for more than 20 years.
President Richard Nixon, right, consults Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on Nixon's trip to Communist China, at the White House in Washington in Dec. 12, 1971. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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William Brooks
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William Brooks is a Canadian writer who contributes to The Epoch Times from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
