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The seven-day official visit to three Chinese cities was the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC; Nixon's arrival in Beijing ended 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries and was the key step in normalizing relations between the U.S. and the PRC.
Feb 9, 2022 · The historic 1972 visit by President Richard Nixon to the People's Republic of China marked a strategic diplomatic effort to warm relations between the two Cold War nations.
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Feb 21, 2022 · When US President Richard Nixon walked down the red-carpeted stairs from Air Force One to shake hands with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on a cold day in Beijing on February 21, 1972, it was hailed...
Mar 2, 2022 · President Richard Nixon made one of the most significant foreign visits in the history of the United States 50 years ago when he traveled to the People’s Republic of China Feb. 21-28, 1972—ending two-plus decades of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Feb 20, 2022 · On the morning of February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon landed in the People’s Republic of China. The visit was a visual spectacle for the US President, his entourage, and much of the rest of the world, which closely watched the American leader’s travels inside the world's largest communist country.
US President Richard Nixon travelled to China in February 1972 for a week-long summit aimed at ending 20 years of frosty relations between the two countries.
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Feb 18, 2022 · On the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China, David Eisenhower, director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School for Communication, discusses the significance of the trip amid the fraying relations between the two nations.
