China's leaders who wanted economic reform and greater engagement ... Richard M. Nixon announced that he was going to China (text, video). Few ... to forge ties with China. Even before he became president he had written ...

February 27, 2014 English | 中文 Assignment: China Homepage China ... that reporters, diplomats, and others excluded from China engaged in in order to understand what was happening in China and what it meant for the U.S. ...

January 31, 2012 English | 中文 Assignment: China  Homepage   This video is also available on the  USCI YouTube Channel.   China ... Nixon's visit to China in February 1972 changed the course of history ...

benefit from engaging China. He felt this was intrinsicly important because of China's size and inevitable importance. Nixon also saw China as a useful ... to signal China's leaders that he was willing to talk. The Americans sent ...