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In this photo provided by Ted Anthony, a woman sells soda pop and popsicles at a roadside stand near Xi'an in central China's Shaanxi province in February 1980. For one 11-year-old American boy, Richard Nixon's trip to China changed almost everything. In 1979, Ted Anthony was part of the earliest wave of American families to come to Beijing after relations were established thanks to the 1972 meeting between Nixon and Mao Zedong. Now an Associated Press journalist, he says his presence in China at a pivotal moment in its history resonates with him today. (Photo by Ted Anthony via AP Photo)
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