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TIL Richard Nixon's meeting with Chairman Mao in 1972, expected to be just for 15-20 minutes, lasted for more than an hour. Secretary of State William Rogers told Nixon that they couldn't be put in a position where Mao was seen as being above Nixon, such as when walking up stairs

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