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Commentary: The Hidden Price of American Chinese Advocacy

March 3, 2020March 2, 2020 Admin

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by Robert S. Spalding and Zachary Glanz From Nixon’s visit to China in 1972 to Deng Xiaoping’s sweeping economic reforms, the United States assumed that capital success, American investment, and expansion of diplomatic relations inevitably would lead to a democratized China that embraced the United States. This folly has…

Infamous Lock from Watergate Break-In Sells for $62,500

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 Admin

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The lock of a door forced open in 1972, setting off the Watergate political scandal that transfixed the nation and eventually brought down a sitting US president, has been sold at auction for $62,500. “The discovery of this tampered lock and the subsequent arrest of the five burglars set off…