cause it symbolized that the U. S. no longer regarded China asa major enemy, perhaps even not as an enemy at all. Images of contemporary China were changed drastically in the process. That was the time when color television came into widespread use in the Western world, and when television achieved an undoubted lead over every other medium asa formation of popular images. Much of Nixon ‘s visit to China was telecast as it was happening. Journalists and China specialists were interviewed endlessly on television. There was an expansion of interest in Chinese food, art, fashions and acupuncture. The number of Americans going to China rose quickly. There was a mania for everything Chinese. Case 31 It seems that Ian and Peter have the same problem, that is, they are both strongly stereotyped by
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