It marked the re-opening of U.S. relations with China. No sitting US President had ever visited China. Herbert Hoover had lived there as a young mining engineer, along with his wife, during the time of the Boxer Rebellion (1900). "No president had visited there since the Communist government took power" is not the correct answer, but appears on trivia quiz sites.
Nixon tried to get on good terms with China as well as the Soviet Union by making these trips---so he could make peace...
Richard M. Nixon was the first US president to visit China in February, 1972. Richard Nixon was the one who re-opened the door to China.
The first US President to visit both China and Russia was Richard M. Nixon
Richard Nixon was first to visit in peacetime.
Richard Nixon. He became the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China and his trip was regarded as a major diplomatic breakthrough in the Cold War era.
Richard Nixon visited the Great Wall to support improved relations with China.
Richard M. Nixon was the first US President to visit China. He was also the first to visit Russia.
Richard M. Nixon was the first US president to visit China in February, 1972. Richard Nixon was the one who re-opened the door to China.
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Richard Nixon.
Richard M. Nixon was the first US President to visit both China and Russia.
Richard Nixon
One of the outstanding policies of President Richard Nixon was to begin the opening of doors of communication between the US and the Peoples Republic of China in 1972. This was an important visit. Nixon was the first US president to visit China. At the time many politicians whether Democrats or Republicans did not like this as the Cold War was in full force and China was solidly a communist nation. Despite the critics, Nixon's visit was a historical one and was the first step in a long process of recognizing China. It was one of President Nixon's outstanding achievements in US foreign policy.
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon was the first US President to visit both China and Russia.
Nixon went to China
The 1987 opera 'Nixon in China' by the American composer John Adams which is about the visit of United States President Richard M. Nixon to China in 1972.
The first US President to visit both China and Russia was Richard M. Nixon