Historian: Why Today’s America Is Akin to 1949 China

People stand in line outside the Richland County Voter Registration & Elections Office on the second day of in-person absentee and early voting in Columbia, S.C., on Oct. 6, 2020. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

The significance of the final outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election cannot be overstated, U.S.-based Chinese historian Xin Haonian said.

He likened today’s America to China in 1949; adding, if Americans don’t want their country to follow China’s tragic fate, then they must choose a leader who is opposed to communism.