Bridge Crossing
When I walked across the Hong Kong border bridge at the Sham Chun River crossing on March 10, 1972, and boarded the shiny Chinese steam engine for Canton, I pinched myself. I was part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) delegation, and we were making history. We were one of the first American groups to visit China after the freeze in U.S.-China relations following the Chinese Communists’ rise to power. Nixon’s trip had occurred only a few weeks before, Ping-Pong Diplomacy only a year. The bridge crossing was a turning point in my life. Listening now to the Chinese human...
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