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The phrase "Nixon goes to China", "Nixon to China", or "Nixon in China" [1] is a historical reference to U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China, where he met with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong. Its basic import is that Nixon's well-established reputation as an anti-Communist "hawk" gave him ...
"Only Nixon could go to China", saying that became popular in the wake of Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China. [ 13 ] "What did the President know and when did he know it?", asked by Senator Howard Baker in the Senate Watergate hearings .
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power. New York: HarperCollins. Drew, Elizabeth (2007). Richard M. Nixon. New York: Times Books. Ladley, Eric (2002) Nixon's China Trip, Writer's Club Press; (2007) Balancing Act: How Nixon Went to China and Remained a Conservative. MacMillan, Margaret (2007). Nixon & Mao: The Week that Changed the World. New ...
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 ...
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.
Ling-Ling (bottom) being playfully nipped by Hsing-Hsing after mating, March 18, 1983. Ling-Ling (Chinese: 玲玲, 1969–1992) and Hsing-Hsing (simplified Chinese: 兴兴; traditional Chinese: 興興, 1970–1999) were two giant pandas given to the United States as gifts by the government of China following President Richard Nixon's visit in 1972.
He aided Nixon in his historic visit to China in 1972, which marked the first time a U.S. president set foot on Chinese soil. "For once a White House public relations strategy succeeded, ...
Nixon aimed to exacerbate tensions between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. [13] Nixon met the team on April 18, telling them that "the big winner, because of this people-to-people contact you are initiating between our two peoples, will be friendship between the people of the United States and the people of the People's ...