COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Kennedy
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Nixon
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Carter
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Reagan
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 15, 1971, the President announced on live television that he would visit the PRC the following year. The week-long visit, from February 21 to 28, 1972, allowed the American public to view images of mainland China for the first time in over two decades.
Detailed explanation-2: -On February 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People’s Republic of China since it was established in 1949. This was an important event because the U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Nixon’s trip to China in 1972 ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Nixon pursued two important policies that both culminated in 1972. In February he visited Beijing, setting in motion normalization of relations with the People’s Republic of China.