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I thought this was a pretty funny article from CNN. In 1973 during Kissinger’s visit to China, Chairman Mao offered to give America up to 10 million Chinese women. Of course, back then Mao was already dealing with a population problem-but simply the idea of the proposition is so absurd, and according to Kissinger’s account, it was so blunt, that the whole exchange sounds like something from a political satire rather than history. I suppose it proves the old saying that truth can be stranger than fiction.

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“WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a discussion of trade in 1973, Chinese leader Mao Zedong made what Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called a novel proposition: sending tens of thousands, even 10 million, Chinese women to the United States.”

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You can find the whole article here at CNN.com

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