Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping accepts a cowboy hat during his visit to the Simonton Roundup Rodeo Arena, February 2, 1979. Photo Credit: Walt McNamee/Getty Images By David Kurlander Last Friday, following the State Department’s decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston due to spying allegations, anti-communist protesters jeered the departing civil servants with … Continue reading The Honeymoon Will Continue: China, Houston, and the Euphoria of 1979