I think it could’ve happened earlier too. There were reports that suggested Mao wrote a letter to FDR or Truman, to combine American financial capital with Chi

I think it could’ve happened earlier too. There were reports that suggested Mao wrote a letter to FDR or Truman, to combine American financial capital with Chinese labor. The Chinese would mass produce all the consumer goods needed by the western world. Granted, a lot of the source of that American financial capital came from the illicit smuggling of opium into China, during the prior century. But, the American side was too stuck on politics, that this wasn’t even a consideration. Then, the two got stalemated in the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Until Nixon finally relented, and changed directions for America.