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Nixon's visit played a role in opening China to U.S. trade eventually putting downward pressure on U.S. inflation. [ 36 ] As prospects of China-U.S. rapprochement improved following the visit, China's focus on its Third Front campaign to develop basic and heavy industry in its rugged interior gradually declined.
The phrase "Nixon goes to China", "Nixon to China", or "Nixon in China" [1] is a historical reference to U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China, where he met with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong.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 ...
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.
Under Nixon, Henry Kissinger normalised U.S. and Chinese relations by connecting with high ranking Chinese officials; opening the US up to China. [16] Kissinger arranged a secret meeting in China in 1971 and Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. [17]
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 ...
[2]: 307 In early 1972, Zhou told White House press secretary Ron Ziegler (who was in China preparing for President Richard Nixon's visit) that the Chinese team could visit that spring. [2]: 307 In February of 1972, Nixon visited the People's Republic, the first time in history that an American president had traveled to the Chinese mainland.
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