The Week That Changed The World: President Nixon's Historic Trip to China and the Future of U.S.-China Relations

The U.S. Institute of Peace and the Richard Nixon Foundation present a day long symposium that examines the origins of the trip, the current status of Sino-American relations and the outlook for the future of this critical bilateral relationship.

The United States Institute of Peace and the Richard Nixon Foundation, in cooperation with the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, cordially invite you to join us for a day-long symposium marking the 40th Anniversary of President Nixon’s extraordinary meetings with leaders of the People’s Republic of China. President Nixon’s trip was a watershed moment for the Sino-American relationship and its effects are still being felt today. The conference will focus primarily on examining the origins of the trip, the current status of Sino-American relations and the outlook for the future of this critical bilateral relationship.

The morning program for the conference will feature a keynote from His Excellency Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, and a conversation with former National Security Adviser Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski. The lunch address will feature a discussion with Dr. Henry Kissinger, moderated by Mr. Tom Brokaw.  The panels will include a wide-array of distinguished business leaders, diplomats, analysts, and journalists, including General Brent Scowcroft, Ted Koppel, Fred Bergsten, Mike Chinoy and Mike Lampton. A more detailed agenda is included in this invitation for your reference.

Visit here for registration instructions and full agenda; please register for each individual panel you are interested in attending. Conference attendance is complimentary, but we ask that you plan on attending the entire program.

Space is limited, so RSVPs will be on a first come, first serve basis.

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