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Nixon Visit Timeline & Immediate
Exchanges of Good Will
1968
In his acceptance speech for the Republican
presidential nomination, Richard Nixon says
that he would "extend the hand of friendship
to all peoples," specifically, to the peoples of
China and Russia.
1969 Richard Nixon gives his trademark victory sign while in Paoli,
Pennsylvania, during his successful campaign to become
In a secret memo to his new national security President of the United States, July 1968. Photo by White House,
adviser, Henry Kissinger, Nixon states, "I think photographer Ollie Atkins.
we should give every encouragement to the
attitude that this Administration is 'exploring China and of U.S. trade restriction on export goods
possibilities of rapprochement [sic] with the to China. In a Time magazine interview, President
Chinese.'" Kissinger calls for an internal re- Nixon states, "If there is anything I want to do
examination of U.S. China policy. China conducts before I die, it is to go to China."
its first underground nuclear test. Hong Kong
newspaper The Star quotes Mao Zedong as saying 1971
that China is prepared to use nuclear weapons
in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack.Senator The U.S. Ping-Pong team, in Japan for the 31st
Edward M. Kennedy calls for U.N. recognition of World Table Tennis Championship, receives
China, the establishment of diplomatic relations a surprise invitation from their Chinese
with the P.R.C., and the removal of American colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the
troops from Taiwan. President Nixon began P.R.C.. Time magazine calls the overture "the ping
making moves to establish some level of relations heard round the world." The American team's visit
with China. China responded to the American to China receives extensive U.S. media coverage.
initiative after its border dispute with the Soviet Premier Zhou Enlai tells the visiting Americans,
Union almost escalated into war. The US removed "You have opened a new chapter in the relations of
the 19-year old patrol of the Taiwan Straits. In the American and Chinese people. Ten journalists,
what became known as "ping-pong diplomacy," including five Americans, are also invited to cover
the Chinese invited the American ping-pong team the team's visit, ending the information blockade
to China. from the People's Republic in place since 1949.
Nixon and Kissinger receive Chinese Premier Zhou
1970 Enlai's message, through Pakistani intermediaries,
that China is willing to receive Nixon's envoy,
In an address to Congress, President Nixon states
that the U.S. has made unilateral overtures to
China "which underlined our willingness to have
a more normal and constructive relationship,"
adding that "we have avoided dramatic gestures
which might invite dramatic rebuffs." U.S. State
Department further eases restrictions on travel to
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Nixon Visit Timeline & Immediate
Exchanges of Good Will
1968
In his acceptance speech for the Republican
presidential nomination, Richard Nixon says
that he would "extend the hand of friendship
to all peoples," specifically, to the peoples of
China and Russia.
1969 Richard Nixon gives his trademark victory sign while in Paoli,
Pennsylvania, during his successful campaign to become
In a secret memo to his new national security President of the United States, July 1968. Photo by White House,
adviser, Henry Kissinger, Nixon states, "I think photographer Ollie Atkins.
we should give every encouragement to the
attitude that this Administration is 'exploring China and of U.S. trade restriction on export goods
possibilities of rapprochement [sic] with the to China. In a Time magazine interview, President
Chinese.'" Kissinger calls for an internal re- Nixon states, "If there is anything I want to do
examination of U.S. China policy. China conducts before I die, it is to go to China."
its first underground nuclear test. Hong Kong
newspaper The Star quotes Mao Zedong as saying 1971
that China is prepared to use nuclear weapons
in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack.Senator The U.S. Ping-Pong team, in Japan for the 31st
Edward M. Kennedy calls for U.N. recognition of World Table Tennis Championship, receives
China, the establishment of diplomatic relations a surprise invitation from their Chinese
with the P.R.C., and the removal of American colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the
troops from Taiwan. President Nixon began P.R.C.. Time magazine calls the overture "the ping
making moves to establish some level of relations heard round the world." The American team's visit
with China. China responded to the American to China receives extensive U.S. media coverage.
initiative after its border dispute with the Soviet Premier Zhou Enlai tells the visiting Americans,
Union almost escalated into war. The US removed "You have opened a new chapter in the relations of
the 19-year old patrol of the Taiwan Straits. In the American and Chinese people. Ten journalists,
what became known as "ping-pong diplomacy," including five Americans, are also invited to cover
the Chinese invited the American ping-pong team the team's visit, ending the information blockade
to China. from the People's Republic in place since 1949.
Nixon and Kissinger receive Chinese Premier Zhou
1970 Enlai's message, through Pakistani intermediaries,
that China is willing to receive Nixon's envoy,
In an address to Congress, President Nixon states
that the U.S. has made unilateral overtures to
China "which underlined our willingness to have
a more normal and constructive relationship,"
adding that "we have avoided dramatic gestures
which might invite dramatic rebuffs." U.S. State
Department further eases restrictions on travel to
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