Sino–American rapprochement

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Sino–American rapprochement was the early 1970s thaw and normalization of relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, marked by events like Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing and driven in part by shared strategic concerns about the Soviet Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
diplomatic event ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
aimedAt counterbalancing Soviet power ⓘ
reducing tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
characterizedBy high-level diplomatic visits ⓘ
public diplomatic gestures such as ping-pong diplomacy ⓘ
countryInvolved People’s Republic of China ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime late 1970s ⓘ
followedBy establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China in 1979 ⓘ
hasCause China’s desire to balance against the Soviet Union ⓘ
Sino–Soviet split ⓘ
U.S. desire to contain Soviet influence ⓘ
shared strategic concerns about the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasEffect beginning of normalization of U.S.–China relations ⓘ
facilitation of U.S.–China economic and cultural exchanges ⓘ
increased diplomatic contacts between the United States and China ⓘ
pressure on the Soviet Union in the global balance of power ⓘ
strategic realignment in the Cold War ⓘ
thaw in Sino–American relations ⓘ
hasParticipant Henry Kissinger ⓘ
linked to: Henry A. Kissinger

Mao Zedong ⓘ
People’s Republic of China ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
influenced regional security dynamics in East Asia ⓘ
subsequent U.S.–China economic cooperation ⓘ
influencedBy U.S. policy of détente ⓘ
linked to: Detente

Vietnam War ⓘ
location Beijing ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf Chinese foreign policy under Mao Zedong ⓘ
Cold War diplomacy ⓘ
U.S. foreign policy under Richard Nixon ⓘ
precededBy U.S. non-recognition of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
decades of hostility between the United States and the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
significantEvent Henry Kissinger’s secret 1971 trip to China ⓘ
Nixon’s 1972 meeting with Mao Zedong ⓘ
Nixon’s 1972 visit to China ⓘ
Ping-pong diplomacy ⓘ
Shanghai Communiqué ⓘ
UN recognition of the People’s Republic of China in 1971 ⓘ
establishment of U.S. liaison offices in Beijing and Washington ⓘ
startTime 1971 ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ

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Sino–Soviet split → relatedTo → Sino–American rapprochement ⓘ
Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World → mainSubject → People’s Republic of China–United States summit, 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Sino–American rapprochement