Newly declassified papers documenting negotiations ahead of President Nixon's 1972 visit to China show that Beijing concerns about U.S. spy planes skimming its borders are long-standing. Rather than a ...

In 1972, President Richard Nixon made the historic journey to meet Chinese leader Mao Zedong in part paved by a U.S. pingpong delegation that traveled to Beijing a year earlier. The U.S. and China had ...

"President Nixon opened the door for China to the world," said Jane Zhang, director of tourism, culture and education at the Nixon Library. "He acted with leadership, vision and courage. We feel an ...

America's opening to China by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in 1971-1972 was a historic breakthrough. But the crucial step, taken by Jimmy Carter exactly 30 years ago, was to establish full ...