China has been ruled by the Communist Party since the fall of 1949, but the relationship between China and the United States has been through drastic changes over the last seven decades. What was the nature of the relationship between the two countries in the early years of the Cold War, and how can the relationship between the two countries be summed up now?

China has been ruled by the Communist Party since the fall of 1949, but the relationship between China and the United States has been through drastic changes over the last seven decades. What was the nature of the relationship between the two countries in the early years of the Cold War, and how can the relationship between the two countries be summed up now?