Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between ...

On July 15, Nixon announced to his nation’s surprise — and Taiwan’s distress — that he would visit China. The United Nations ...

In 1969, she became the inaugural first lady to visit an active combat zone ... “panda diplomacy” after President Nixon’s 1972 trip to China. This goodwill effort still helps keep ...

Nixon's groundbreaking visit to China in 1972 signaled the start of the US opening to Beijing. At the time, this rapprochement was shaped by the strategic imperatives of the Cold War, particularly ...

Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of ...

Mr Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Dec 29, completed the normalisation process begun by then President Richard Nixon who, through his visit to China in 1972, ended more than two decades of ...

A rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China began during the presidency of Richard Nixon, who made an ice-breaking visit to Beijing in 1972. But it was Carter who oversaw Washington’s ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is remembered in China for bringing an end to decades of hostility and establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing – at ...