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As we learn new skills and consume more information, we develop new neural pathways that help us retain and make use of that knowledge. This ability is something that we maintain throughout our lifetime and is called neuroplasticity.
The USA government didn't officially regognize continental communist China until 1970. However, America recognized the Republic of China in Taiwan. The USA had no relationships with continental China for many years but it kept strong and solid commercial and diplomatic links with Taiwan (The Republic of China).
