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The phrase had originated before Nixon's actual visit to China. An early use of the phrase is found in a December 1971 U.S. News & World Report interview with US Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield in a section summary lead that read, "'Only a 'Nixon' Could Go to China." The actual quote from Mansfield, which he prefaces by noting he had ...
The visit inspired John Adams' 1987 opera Nixon in China. It was also the subject of a PBS documentary film, American Experience: Nixon's China Game. Nixon's visit played a role in leading to the September 1972 Japan–China Joint Communiqué.
Richard Nixon [3] February 21–28, 1972 China: Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou: State Visit. Met with Party Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai. Gerald Ford: November 19–22, 1974 Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto: State visit. Met with Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. November 22–23, 1974 South Korea: Seoul: Met with President Park Chung-hee. December 1 ...
Nixon and Kissinger gave away more than they needed to in pursuit of China's help ending the Vietnam War. Op-Ed: How Nixon's fabled trip to China, 50 years ago this week, led to today's Taiwan ...
Richard Nixon (right) meets Mao Zedong, February 1972. During his rise to power, Richard Nixon became known as a leading anti-communist.After he became president in 1969, Nixon saw advantages in improving relations with China and the Soviet Union; he hoped that détente would put pressure on the North Vietnamese to end the Vietnam War, and he might be able to manipulate the two main communist ...
The Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, also known as the Shanghai Communiqué (1972), was a diplomatic document issued by the United States of America and the People's Republic of China on February 27, 1972, on the last evening of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. [1] [2] [3]
In 1972, then-President Richard Nixon visited China after establishing his career as a vehement anti-communist. At the time, people said, "Only Nixon could go to China." Maybe the president who ...
Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of cordial relations between the U.S. and China. He also made groundbreaking trips to various Communist-ruled nations as well, including: Romania (1969), Yugoslavia (1970), Poland (1972), and the ...