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Jimmy Carter's legacy vital for improving China-US ties

Former US president Jimmy Carter takes questions from the media during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, US, in this Aug 20, 2015 file photo. Carter's most significant achievement was his announcement on Dec 15, 1978, that the US and the People's Republic of China had agreed to establish diplomatic ties on Jan 1, 1979. Carter's rich experience in China enabled him to develop an all-round understanding of China and its 1.4 billion people, an experience that few other US politicians had. Carter never framed US-China relations as confrontational or adversarial like today's US leaders.

China Daily

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