Assuming that Mao said and thought this, he was probably thinking that Republican administrations were better for China than Democratic ones. The Soviets thought Republicans were better than Democrats as well.
--- On Tue, 5/5/09, Politicus E. <epoliticus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Presumably, the goal is to insinuate that Mao was a
> rightist. As
> Henwood notes, Nixon might have been lying; I think
> it is difficult
> to deny this possibility. On the other hand, it is
> immaterial if Mao
> did say such a thing.
>