In the 1960s, there were grassroots activist efforts in American society advocating for opening to communist China, including the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers), the UN Association of the United States, the League of Women Voters, the American Chamber of Commerce, and notable academics including Robert Scallopino, John King Fairbank, Alexander Eckstein, Doak Barnett, and Alan Whiting.
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“the American Friends Service Committee, the Quakers, the UN Association of the United States, League of Women Voters, the American Chamber of Commerce, and several Notable academics uh notably Robert Scallopino, John King Fairbank, Alexander Xstein, Dope Barnett, Alan Whiting and others were all instrumental”
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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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