![This Is the Russia-China Friendship That Nixon Feared](https://standuptochina.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PutinXiNYT.jpeg)
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“Some American policymakers felt that China would eventually rise, with or without U.S. help. If you take that view, then welcoming China as a friendly partner, instead of a hostile power, made sense. Today, China has a far bigger stake in the international system and the U.S. economy than Nixon could have imagined possible.”