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Nixon’s visit to China (1972)

On the Cold War map as “Nixon in China”

21–28 Feb 1972 — Nixon, the arch anti-communist, toasts Mao in Beijing and signs the Shanghai Communiqué. The visit completes a triangle in which each communist power fears the other more than the West.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
Détente and Nixon in China (chapter 9 of Cold War)
Atlas
The Cold War, 1945–1991
Also in
Mao’s China
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