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