Apr 24, 2013 | China, News
Dr. Kissinger with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai. President Nixon shocked the world when he accepted an invitation to China from Premier Chou En-Lai on national television. This event marked the beginning of the public’s awareness of administration efforts to normalize...
Apr 23, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
The U.S. Ping-Pong team became the first group of Americans to visit mainland China since the Communist takeover in 1949. “You have opened a new chapter in the relations between the American and Chinese people,” said Premier Chou En-Lai. “I am confident,” he...
Apr 22, 2013 | China, News
This piece is part of a companion series commemorating President Nixon’s Centennial and his historic 1972 journey to China. From May 1 through May 10, the Nixon Foundation is taking a delegation – led by RN’s grandson Christopher Nixon Cox – to...
Dec 6, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
Addressing the White House staff the day after his re-election, President Nixon made clear that in his approach to government reform, “There are no sacred cows.” Subsequently, President Nixon directly challenged institutionalized Democratic opposition,...
Dec 5, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
With tensions flaring between Israel and Hamas—the Palestinian based terror organization—it is a perfect opportunity for the United States to look back, and learn from the strategic diplomacy President Nixon pursued to re-stabilize the Middle East after the 1973 Yom...
