From Mike Mansfield to Max Baucus and Steve Daines, Montana has been the unlikely source of America’s most influential China-hand senators over the past half-century. But amidst spy balloons, trade wars and mutual paranoia, being a proponent for rational and beneficial relations between the two countries has never been harder.
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In November 2017, a Montana cattle rancher named Errol Rice flew to Beijing to meet one of China’s richest men. Rice was part of the U.S. commercial delegation that accompanied President Donald Trump on his first trip to the Chinese capital.
The Memorandum of Agreement signed by Errol Rice and Richard Liu, November, 2017. Credit: Steve Daines
In the Great Hall of the People, Rice sought out and shook hands with Richard Liu, the billionaire founder of JD.com. The e-commerce giant wanted t
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