For centuries, the Middle Kingdom had assured its security by playing off distant barbarians against immediate neighbors. Deeply worried about Soviet expansionism, Mao adopted the same strategy in his opening to the United States.
 Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy (1994). copy citation

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Author Henry Kissinger
Source Diplomacy
Topic neighbors security expansionism
Date 1994
Language English
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