Rare photos and unique details about the landmark trip 50 years ago.
Credit: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s trip to China, the first by a sitting U.S. president to the People’s Republic. Throughout the visit from February 21st to 28th, Nixon and his advisors, including National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, engaged in talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that ultimately produced the Shanghai Communique, a landmark agreement that both nations would work towards the normalization of relations.
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