摘要
January 1,2019 marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.Looking back,former U.S.President Jimmy Carter once told Li Qiangmin,Chinese Consul General in Houston,that the most correct thing he had done during his presidential tenure from 1977 to 1981 .was normalizing U.S.China relations.The decision changed China,the United States,and the world,Carter said.