You’re old enough to know better than that. You know what the cold war was like and how China counter-balanced the U.S.S.R. Why would you even say that?
Nixon opened the door on a closed society enigma. He didn’t institute trade agreements to gift our complete patent database to China, and ship off tens of millions of job to it. He didn’t finance the rise of China to become our main adversary for decades to come?
Clinton, Bush II, and Obama did these things. Nixon wasn’t responsible for them.
He didn’t give China our top level nuclear and missile technology secrets.
You know that.
That was the pitch all righty; I just don't think it was true (especially coming from Kissinger). China and the USSR were already on the outs, even without us.
He didn’t institute trade agreements to gift our complete patent database to China, and ship off tens of millions of job to it. He didn’t finance the rise of China to become our main adversary for decades to come?
If you think those goodies weren't discussed early on, then you are more callow than I think you are. We had finished rebuilding Japan and Korea into sinks for fiat money to the point that they were becoming competitors. We needed another "cheap labor pool" to which to export technology, cash in, keep said competitors lean, and go on to the next fiat money sink. Bush tried it in Iraq and failed (if you're wondering what I mean, do a little Googling on "George Herbert Walker"). Africa is next on the list.
Clinton, Bush II, and Obama did these things. Nixon wasn’t responsible for them.
I think he was. Once it had started there was no stopping it. Whether they were given the secrets or they were stolen is only a difference of timing considering how we handle foreign industrial espionage here.