Nixon Visits China
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Source: Nixon’s 1972 Visit to China
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Date: Last revised December 6, 2016Author: Multiple contributors
In 1972, then-US President Richard Milhous Nixon, at the invitation of then-Premier of the People’s Republic of China Zhou Enlai, made a historic visit to Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai — the first time a US president had ever visited the People’s Republic of China. It was also the first time a US president had visited a country then considered an adversary, and it ended 25 years of mutual isolation between the two nations. Nixon called the visit “the week that changed the world.” Early in his first term, Nixon had expressed a desire to improve relations with the PRC. After a series of mutual overtures between the two sides, his national security adviser Henry Kissinger made a secret visit to Beijing, where he met Premier Zhou Enlai. On July 15, 1971, Nixon announced that he would visit the PRC the following year. The visit, which took place from February 21 to 28, 1972, offered American audiences their first glimpse of the PRC in more than twenty years. During the week-long visit, Nixon and his senior staff held in-depth discussions with the Chinese government, including a meeting with CCP Chairman Mao Zedong. Nixon’s visit to China had far-reaching consequences, dramatically reshaping the Cold War world by forging an American-PRC alignment against the Soviet Union.
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- Nixon in China: A Turning Point in World History (US Department of State E-Journal)
- Nixon Visits China
- Covering China (American Journalists on China): The Week That Changed the World (Chinese subtitle version) (USC US-China Institute)
- Kissinger’s Secret Visit to China (Soochow University)