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50 years since Nixon visited China: Infographics

50 years since Nixon visited China: Infographics
In February 1972, US president Richard Nixon defied conventional foreign policy wisdom when he arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. In recognition of the trip’s historical significance, the South China Morning Post is running a multimedia series exploring interesting points of the past 50 years in US-China relations.
US-China relations

Explainer | How Nixon’s visit to China 50 years ago changed the world forever

In 1972 the first visit to the communist country by then-US president Richard Nixon is what Nixon described as “The week that changed the world.”

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