Nixon going to China

During the 70s President Nixon went to China. Nixon's priority was to gain an honorable Peace in Vietnam. He also made America's relationships with China and the Soviet Union better. In 1972 President Nixon who had risen in politics as a strong anti-communist visited communist China. By Nixon going to China, he was take advantage of the decade-long rift between China and the Soviet Union. China had said that the Soviet Union was being too soft in its policies against the west.

Nixon wanted to have the Chinese on our side for when they negotiated with the Russians. China and the United States made important agreements. The two nations agreed that neither of them would try to dominate the Pacific and that both would cooperate in settling disputes peacefully. They also agreed to participate in scientific and cultural exchanges as well as to reunite Taiwan with the Mainland.