Back in the dark ages of bachelorhood, I tended to be a little miffed about a lack of good, available women. (This was, of course, before I met my wife and learned what a good woman really is.)
I wonder how my assessment would have been different if only Kissinger had taken Chariman Mao up on this offer described at CNN:
You know, China is a very poor country,” Mao said, according to a document released by the State Department’s historian office.
“We don’t have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands.”
A few minutes later, Mao circled back to the offer. “Do you want our Chinese women?” he asked. “We can give you 10 million.”