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What really happened when China went to the rodeo

Phil Edwards | October 9, 2024



Deng Xiaoping got a Stetson in 1979, and the world was never the same.

More info and sources at bottom.

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NYT spread I reference:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/02/04/112846600.html?pageNumber=1

Carter’s message:
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v01/d104#:~:text=JANUARY%201%2C%201979-,The%20United%20States%20of%20America%20and%20the%20People%27s%20Republic%20of,sole%20legal%20Government%20of%20China

Rodeo video:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1177963/m1/

Channel of Jim Laurie, a journalist who covered Deng for ABC:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zUFon6r5uzn6S08DzkeSg

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