HOW BUSH DREW CHINA, US CLOSER
By Chen Weihua | China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-05 07:04
Time spent in the country played key role in friendship
On Oct 21, 1974, George H.W. Bush, along with his wife Barbara, was in Tokyo on his way to China, where he was to start his job as head of the United States Liaison Office in Beijing.
They were briefed that evening by Nicholas Platt, who had finished his job as head of the office's political section early that year to work at the US embassy in Japan.
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