Nixon needed China in negotiations with Vietnam.
-China is the most populated nation in world and wanted to have commercial relations
-Play USSR and China off one another
-Nixon would not be accused of being "soft on communism"
Answer:
O whether the national government would be strong or weak
It would've been day by day of week by week and it would've been exciting what he experience that specific day. The book NIght written as it is not always as specific for certain days and events :)