Shanghai Communiqué

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The Shanghai Communiqué was a landmark 1972 joint statement by the United States and the People’s Republic of China that laid the foundation for the normalization of relations between the two countries and reshaped Cold War geopolitics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic communiqué ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
joint statement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China ⓘ
ChineseForeignPolicyContext aligned with PRC strategy to counter Soviet influence ⓘ
ChineseLeaderInvolved Mao Zedong ⓘ
ChinesePositionOnTaiwan reaffirmed that the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government of China ⓘ
stated that Taiwan is a province of China ⓘ
stated that the liberation of Taiwan is China's internal affair ⓘ
ChinesePremierInvolved Zhou Enlai ⓘ
city Shanghai ⓘ
countryInvolved People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1972-02-28 ⓘ
effect laid foundation for normalization of US–China relations ⓘ
reshaped Cold War geopolitics ⓘ
followedBy August 17 Communiqué (1982) ⓘ
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) ⓘ
hasLegalStatus political communiqué rather than formal treaty ⓘ
influenced PRC–US diplomatic normalization in 1979 ⓘ
US One China policy ⓘ
subsequent US–China joint communiqués ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Nixon visit to China ⓘ
linked to: Nixon in China
placeSigned Shanghai ⓘ
principle equality and mutual benefit ⓘ
non-aggression ⓘ
non-interference in internal affairs ⓘ
peaceful coexistence ⓘ
relatedEvent 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China ⓘ
signedBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

United States ⓘ
signedDuring Cold War ⓘ
topic Cold War geopolitics ⓘ
One China policy ⓘ
linked to: One-China policy

Taiwan question ⓘ
normalization of US–China relations ⓘ
opposition to hegemony ⓘ
peace in the Asia-Pacific region ⓘ
USForeignPolicyContext part of US policy of opening to China ⓘ
part of US strategy of détente ⓘ
USNationalSecurityAdvisorInvolved Henry Kissinger ⓘ
linked to: Henry A. Kissinger
USPositionOnTaiwan acknowledged that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China ⓘ
affirmed interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves ⓘ
did not challenge the position that Taiwan is part of China ⓘ
USPresidentInvolved Richard Nixon ⓘ

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Zhou Enlai → notableEvent → Sino–American rapprochement ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
Shanghai Communiqué → alsoKnownAs → Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
United States–China relations → governedBy → Three U.S.–China Joint Communiqués ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
Ping-pong diplomacy → influenced → Shanghai Communiqué of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) → relatedDocument → Shanghai Communiqué (1972) ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
August 17 Communiqué (1982) → follows → Shanghai Communiqué (1972) ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
August 17 Communiqué (1982) → partOf → U.S.–China Three Communiqués ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai Communiqué
Sino–American rapprochement → significantEvent → Shanghai Communiqué ⓘ
Maoist era in China → keyEvent → Shanghai Communiqué ⓘ