“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac,” Henry Kissinger replied when Mao Zedong asked him how a fat man like himself attracted so many women. During a Chinese summit, Mao, for his part, offered to ship ten million Chinese women back to the United States for Kissinger. “You know, China is a very poor country. We don’t have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands.” A few minutes later he raised his offer: “Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you ten million. We have too many women. They give birth to children and
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