Richard Nixon

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

Feb. 1972, President Nixon and Premier Zhou share a moutai toast.
February 21, 2012

What U.S. documents reveal about the uncertain path to rapprochement.

Josh Stamberg on "Top Secret" in China

February 17, 2012

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.

Jason Xia on "Top Secret" in China

February 17, 2012

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

January 31, 2012

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

Premier Zhou Enlai and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
July 21, 2011

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"

January 1, 2008

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

April 18, 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

January 1, 2006

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"

January 1, 2006

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

October 31, 1989

Excerpt from remarks Deng made to former President Richard Nixon in Beijing.

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