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Nixon “If Mr. Nixon had revealed he was going to the
moon he could not have flabbergasted his world
Goes audience more,” The Washington Post had said in
an editorial. “It is very nearly mind blowing.”
to China
All the top American journalists were there —
By Dr. Harley Seyedin and Dr. James Eric (Jay) Black newspaper reporters from New York Times to
famous network anchormen including Walter
Cronkite who had brought along electrically
heated socks to ward off the cold of northern
China. Nixon’s visit allowed the American public
to view images of China for the very first time in
over two decades.
“ The Chinese media devoted unprecedented
attention to the Nixon visit. While few Chinese
We have been here a week. owned televisions, they listened to official radio
This was the week that broadcasts and bought out copies of papers like
changed the world. the People's Daily that featured front-page stories
and photographs of the Nixon summit. The
” extraordinary publicity given to the visit by the
government-controlled Chinese media was itself
newsworthy, and widely featured in American
television and newspaper reports.
-- Richard Nixon President Nixon, on the first day of his historic trip in China,
toasts Premier Chou en-Lai at the Great Hall of the People.
Photo by White House Photo Office Collection
Normalization of the US-China relationship
and the subsequent opening up of China to
the worlds have been two of the most significant
events in the world’s modern history and have
led to the improvement of the livelihood of
nearly every human being. The proven success
of US-China normalization is a perfect example
of how friendship and mutually beneficial
cooperation can lead to peace and prosperity for
not just the countries involved, but for the world
as a whole.
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon 775
became the first sitting American President to
visit the People’s Republic of China since it was
established in 1949. The trip helped bring China
out of isolation, realign the global balance of
power. The visit was a visual spectacle for the
US President, his entourage, and much of the
rest of the world, which closely watched the
American leader’s travels inside the world's
largest communist country. A whirlwind tour
brought Nixon to several famed historical sites
and cultural performances, and face-to-face with
many senior Chinese leaders.
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Nixon “If Mr. Nixon had revealed he was going to the
moon he could not have flabbergasted his world
Goes audience more,” The Washington Post had said in
an editorial. “It is very nearly mind blowing.”
to China
All the top American journalists were there —
By Dr. Harley Seyedin and Dr. James Eric (Jay) Black newspaper reporters from New York Times to
famous network anchormen including Walter
Cronkite who had brought along electrically
heated socks to ward off the cold of northern
China. Nixon’s visit allowed the American public
to view images of China for the very first time in
over two decades.
“ The Chinese media devoted unprecedented
attention to the Nixon visit. While few Chinese
We have been here a week. owned televisions, they listened to official radio
This was the week that broadcasts and bought out copies of papers like
changed the world. the People's Daily that featured front-page stories
and photographs of the Nixon summit. The
” extraordinary publicity given to the visit by the
government-controlled Chinese media was itself
newsworthy, and widely featured in American
television and newspaper reports.
-- Richard Nixon President Nixon, on the first day of his historic trip in China,
toasts Premier Chou en-Lai at the Great Hall of the People.
Photo by White House Photo Office Collection
Normalization of the US-China relationship
and the subsequent opening up of China to
the worlds have been two of the most significant
events in the world’s modern history and have
led to the improvement of the livelihood of
nearly every human being. The proven success
of US-China normalization is a perfect example
of how friendship and mutually beneficial
cooperation can lead to peace and prosperity for
not just the countries involved, but for the world
as a whole.
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon 775
became the first sitting American President to
visit the People’s Republic of China since it was
established in 1949. The trip helped bring China
out of isolation, realign the global balance of
power. The visit was a visual spectacle for the
US President, his entourage, and much of the
rest of the world, which closely watched the
American leader’s travels inside the world's
largest communist country. A whirlwind tour
brought Nixon to several famed historical sites
and cultural performances, and face-to-face with
many senior Chinese leaders.
33 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
