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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.
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.
Official China called Henry Kissinger “an old friend.” ... It started with a secret trip in 1971, ... for unprecedented talks that led to U.S. President Richard Nixon's groundbreaking visit ...
Kissinger arranged a secret meeting in China in 1971 and Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. [17] The 1972 Summit between the U.S. and China opened communication, trade, and agreeance on certain principles of international conduct.
In July 1971, Kissinger became the first high-ranking US official to visit Communist China. His secret meeting with Chinese leaders paved the way for then President Richard Nixon’s breakthrough ...
Kissinger’s visit comes almost exactly 52 years after his secret visit to Beijing in July 1971 — a move which paved the way for then-U.S. President Richard Nixon to normalize relations between ...
On July 9, 1971, Dr. Henry Kissinger visited China secretly as a prelude to U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to China and resided in Building #6. At about 4:00 p.m., Premier Zhou Enlai came and shook hands with Kissinger "This is the first time in 29 years that senior officials of China and the United States have shaken hands." [8]
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday, calling him an “old friend,” Chinese state media reported.