COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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USSR
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North Korea
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Vietnam
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China
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon visited the PRC to gain more leverage over relations with the Soviet Union. The normalization of ties culminated in 1979, when the U.S. established full diplomatic relations with the PRC.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nixon recognized that establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese communists would benefit the U.S. Economically, improved relations would bring significant trade agreements, especially in California and the Pacific Coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the morning of February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon landed in the People’s Republic of China. The visit was a visual spectacle for the US President, his entourage, and much of the rest of the world, which closely watched the American leader’s travels inside the world’s largest communist country.