By Jerome A. Cohen
In light of the 40th anniversary of the normalization of US-China relations, many are reflecting whether the US made the right decision 40 years ago. As an advocate for and participant in the process of normalization, I offer my thoughts in this piece, which is in part a response to the prevailing ill-advised argument that the US should not have engaged China:
Jerome A. Cohen, Normalization of Sino-American Relations: 40 Years Later, ChinaFile, Jan. 9, 2019. (The Chinese version is available at BBC Chinese: 观点：中美建交40年美国是否失策 谁是最大的赢家？.)