Winston Lord is an American diplomat and US ambassador to China in the late 1980s. In 1972, he followed then-US president Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, assistant to the US president for national security affairs, to pay a historic visit to China and became the only American witness to the meeting with Chairman Mao besides Nixon and Kissinger.

Over the years, Lord has witnessed and participated in the development of US-China relations. He recently told China Daily that the bilateral relations are about global stability and prosperity, and the two countries should strengthen cooperation for the benefit of each other and the world.

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