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Editorial: Trump is taking a smart calculated risk with North Korea talks

In July 1971, President Richard Nixon jolted the international status quo - and set diplomatic nerves worldwide fluttering - by announcing he would visit China. "Never in history, to our knowledge, have diplomatic relations progressed so fast from the Ping-Pong table to the Presidency," this page breathlessly observed.

Nixon's bold overture reshaped the modern world and has

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