https://bushchinafoundation.org/u-s-china-relations-legacy/
GHW Bush was known as "the bicycling ambassador" and reportedly well received in China.
Sadly, after he became President over ten years later, shit happened.
Notably, the "Tiananmen Square Massacre," which I happen to believe was an early form US sponsored Color Revolution. Of the many threads of evidence, I find the concurrent presence of Gene Sharp, the father of Color Revolutions, the most telling.
Bush, the CIA man, did not respond forcefully enough compared to what Congress and others wanted.
(This always seems to be the stage directions. The President is not doing enough, say the warmongers, we must have more. Then, finally, the President relents and "reluctantly" bombs Serbia/Libya/Syria etc.)
In this case, though, they got the beginning of an adversarial relationship and not bombing as such.
Was GHWB being spooky all along, planting seeds for revolution in China during the 70's while appearing "friendly?" Or was there a shift, from those who believed we could use China to counter Russia to vice versa?
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