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Which of the following is true about the US relationship with China in the early 1970s?
Check all of the boxes that apply.
The relationship was improving.
The relationship remained the same as it had been over the previous two decades.
The relationship provided increased leverage with the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union helped facilitate the relationship.
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- The relationship was improving. (True — e.g., 1971 ping-pong diplomacy, Kissinger's secret trip, Nixon's 1972 visit.)
- The relationship provided increased leverage with the Soviet Union. (True — the U.S. used rapprochement with China as part of triangular diplomacy to gain leverage over the USSR.)
The other two are false: it did not remain the same as in the prior two decades, and the Soviet Union did not help facilitate the U.S.–China opening.
- The relationship provided increased leverage with the Soviet Union. (True — the U.S. used rapprochement with China as part of triangular diplomacy to gain leverage over the USSR.)
The other two are false: it did not remain the same as in the prior two decades, and the Soviet Union did not help facilitate the U.S.–China opening.
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