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Getting to Know You -- The US and China Shake the World, 1971-1972

What U.S. documents reveal about the uncertain path to rapprochement.
Jason Xia on "Top Secret" in China

Video of a presentation at the USC U.S.-China Institute symposium on the play that recently toured China and the role of the Chinese press.
Josh Stamberg on "Top Secret" in China

Video of a presentation at the USC U.S.-China Institute symposium on the play that recently toured China and the role of the Chinese press.
Assignment: China - The Week that Changed the World

Richard Nixon described his 1972 trip to China as "the week that changed the world." This segment in the USC U.S.-China Institute's series on American reporting on China focuses on coverage of that historic summit.
Getting to Beijing: Henry Kissinger's Secret 1971 Trip

A documentary history of US efforts under Richard Nixon to open discussions with Chinese leaders, an effort that yielded Kissinger's trip forty years ago this month. Photo: Premier Zhou Enlai and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger.
U.S. Department of State, "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XVIII"
The U.S. Dept of State Office of the Historian's "Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)" series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
U.S. State Department Fact Sheet on High Level U.S. - China Visits, 2006
Summaries of visits by U.S. presidents to China and Chinese leaders to the U.S., 1972-2005
U.S. Department of State, "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume E-13" Documents of China
The U.S. Dept of State Office of the Historian's "Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)" series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
U.S. Department of State, "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XVII"
The U.S. Dept of State Office of the Historian's "Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)" series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
Deng Xiaoping, "The U.S. should take the initiative in putting an end to the strains in Sino-American relations," Oct. 31, 1989
Excerpt from remarks Deng made to former President Richard Nixon in Beijing.
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