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1976 “He was the last of the twentieth century’s titans—a man who took a quarter of humankind from the Middle Ages to the nuclear era in one great, convulsive leap,” Newsweek wrote of Chairman Mao Zedong after his death at age 82. “No one knows for sure what effect Mao’s death will have on China’s relations with the rest of the world, but the changes could be profound.” Now, a nuclear China threatens world balance, and recent tension over the “One China” policy and Taiwan’s sovereignty has further heightened global tensions, increasing risk of nuclear conflict. 1995 “Anger has been gentrified, and that fury is the most important force in Campaign ’96,” Newsweek said of the presidential battle to “capture the radical middle.” This August, Pew research showed that almost half of adults…
