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Veteran United States diplomat Winston Lord has a funny story. Long before he served as ambassador to China, he was on a secret flight in 1971, accompanying his boss, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger.

No American had set food in China since 1949. Kissinger knew this, and wanted to emulate an ‘Armstrong’, so hurriedly ensured that he was the first to deplane. But Lord quips, that he was in the front of the plane when it crossed Chinese airspace, thereby making him the…