Papers reveal Mao's view of women By Steve Jackson
BBC News
The US state department has released documents from 1973, shedding light on relations with China - and on then leader Mao Zedong's attitudes to women.
The papers include transcripts of talks between Mao and the then US National Security Adviser, Henry Kissinger.
The talks covered a range of issues, including the Soviet threat and Taiwan.
But during the talks, the Chinese leader made a surprising offer to send what he described as an excess of 10 million Chinese women to the US.
The discussions between Mao and Mr Kissinger in February 1973 took place at a villa in Beijing.
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