Henry Kissinger Speaks On China And The Mideast

This month, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford Administrations and co-winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, published his first new book in eight years, On China. (Its publisher, Simon & Schuster, has simultaneously reissued Dr....

The Week That Changed the World, Part I

The Week That Changed The World  Nixon Legacy Forum University of Southern California October 13, 2010 Together with the Nixon Center and the U.S.-China Institute at the University of Southern California, the Nixon Foundation presented its 8th Nixon Legacy Forum,...

Only Nixon Could Go To China

When considering why Richard Nixon was the President who decided to extend the hand of friendship to the People’s Republic of China, after more than twenty years of hostile relations between that country and the United States, it is important to remember that he...

The Shanghai Communiqué

On February 27, 1972, the United States and China put together the joint U.S-China communiqué, the conclusion of Nixon and Kissinger’s astonishing weeklong visit to the People’s Republic. Kissinger had begun to outline the Shanghai Communiqué with Chou En-lai around...

Making History by Agreeing to Disagree

My recent summary of last week’s news failed to recognize an important anniversary . It was thirty-six years ago last Tuesday (26 February) that the Shanghai Communique was signed by President Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai. February 22nd, the anniversary of...