The Shanghai Communiqué And China’s Road To A Not-So-Harmonious Rise – Analysis

By Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar

With the* *landmark 1972 US-China Shanghai Communiqué,* *the world expected China to transform from a repressive communist state to a benign, capitalist one. However, half-century later, we find a rich, expansionist, and militaristic Beijing that denies established rules, and is led by an...