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Richard Nixon earned a reputation as a strong anti-communist in the late 1940s and as vice-president to Dwight Eisenhower, yet in 1972 he became the first U.S. president to visit mainland China while in office.
Feb 9, 2022 · The historic 1972 visit by President Richard Nixon to the People's Republic of China marked a strategic diplomatic effort to warm relations between the two Cold War nations.
Feb 20, 2022 · President Richard M. Nixon (R) visited the Great Wall of China during his trip to the communist country in February 1972. (Video: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum)
Feb 20, 2022 · On the morning of February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon landed in the People’s Republic of China. The visit was a visual spectacle for the US President, his entourage, and much of the rest of the world, which closely watched the American leader’s travels inside the world's largest communist country.
Mar 2, 2022 · President Richard Nixon made one of the most significant foreign visits in the history of the United States 50 years ago when he traveled to the People’s Republic of China Feb. 21-28, 1972—ending two-plus decades of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Feb 21, 2022 · When US President Richard Nixon walked down the red-carpeted stairs from Air Force One to shake hands with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on a cold day in Beijing on February 21, 1972, it was...
President Nixon's trip to China in 1972 ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. Listen to Nixon discuss his rationale for the trip, the arrival of the pandas at the National Zoo, and his ...
