While developments in China have largely been driven by internal factors, had President Richard Nixon not made his historic ... China might well have changed in any case, but the Nixon visit helped ...

Video: Watch Mike Chinoy's Assignment: China—"The Week That Changed The World,", an often humorous look at media coverage of Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. (58 min., 53 sec.) This post ...

In 1972, then US president Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China signalled a major step forward in relations after decades of isolation for Beijing. Both countries recognised the need to ...

For 22 years, Richard Nixon had campaigned relentlessly ... there was one thing he wanted to do before he died, it was to visit China. It was a golden opportunity for the Americans — one ...

Historian David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the controversial career of Richard Nixon. This intimate psychological ... US trade figures show the trade deficit with China grew at the end of ...