On July 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in a live televised broadcast to make an unexpected announcement: he had accepted an invitation from Beijing to become the first U.S. president to visit the People’s Republic of China, a Communist nation of 750 million that, next to the Soviet Union, was America’s fiercest adversary in the Cold War.
“I have taken this action because of my profound conviction that all nations will gain from a reduction of tensions and a better relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China,” said Nixon in his address.
these ppl make policy in matters of decades if not centuries ahead.
dosvydanya_freedomz 1 points 3 weeks ago
https://www.history.com/news/nixon-china-visit-cold-war
these ppl make policy in matters of decades if not centuries ahead.