Nixon Becomes the First US President to Visit China

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  history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/rapprochement-china

  history.state.gov· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Feb 21, 1972 ✓· Ends Feb 28, 1972 ✓· 50% of score

  The Office of the Historian states that "Nixon travelled to Communist China February 21–28, 1972, becoming the first U.S. President to visit mainland China while in office", and the Shanghai Communiqué itself records the visit as running "from February 21 to February 28, 1972".

• [2]75%
  1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China (Wikipedia)

  en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 50% of score

  The itinerary from the White House departure on 17 February through Hawaii and Guam to the four-hour flight into Shanghai on the morning of 21 February, and the detail that the arrival ended 23 years without diplomatic ties.^[1]

• [3]95%
  Joint Statement Following Discussions With Leaders of the People's Republic of China (FRUS 1969-1976, Volume XVII, Document 203)

  history.state.gov· Published Feb 27, 1972· 0% of score

  The Shanghai Communiqué itself, printed in Foreign Relations of the United States. Records the visit's dates, the 21 February meeting with Mao and the talks with Zhou Enlai and Ji Pengfei.^[1]

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