On with the Show China and the U.S. Tango Together on the World Stage

AS the world enters a new year,its largest developed nation and developing nation approach the 40th anniversary of the start of normalization process of diplomatic relations. Defined by dramatic twists and turns,the China-U.S. relationship has bounced back and forth from such optimistic events as the tentative contact during the Ping Pong Diplomacy of 1971,President Nixon’s visit in 1972,