The American approach to China over several centuries is rooted in a longstanding and deeply embedded paternalistic missionary impulse to mold and shape China, with American attempts to change China far predating President Nixon's opening and dating back to the 1800s and the first two American ambassadors, Anson Burlingame and J. Ross Brown.
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“to fully understand the rise and fall of the engagement strategy oops really requires I believe Recognizing the longstanding longstanding and deeply embedded paternalistic missionary impulse which was actually Warren Cohen's term originally to the missionary impulse to mold and shape China that lies at the core of the American approach to China over several centuries. Um, indeed, American attempts to shape, mold, and change China far predate President Nixon's opening. They date back to the 1800s”
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Breaking The Engagement: How China Won And Lost America | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:14 AM
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