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Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger repeatedly on Asia in general, as well as China and Vietnam in particular. He was proud of a handwritten note from the former president whose undeniably momentous masterstroke in foreign affairs was reopening contact with mainland China. That note
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Elegant later lived in London and Italy. He frequently traveled, mainly to the Far East. He spoke, read, and wrote
Chinese and Japanese, having studied both the classical and modern languages, as well as German, Italian, and some Indonesian.
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America. He was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting three times, a finalist twice. He was a visiting professor at the University of South Carolina and Boston University.
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