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Why was it said that “only Nixon could go to China?”
  1. Nixon spoke fluent Chinese.
  2. The Chinese would not have accepted another politician.
  3. No other president had the necessary interpersonal skills.
  4. Nixon was known to be virulently anti-communist.
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Answer: D - Nixon could go to China because he was known to be virulently anti-communist. Recognizing the People’s Republic of China was seen as a move of realpolitik that only Nixon could pull off because anyone else would have been accused of having secret pro-communist sympathies.
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