Mao Zedong’s chaotic, bloody purge that killed more than two million people in revolutionary episodes of “unfathomable brutality.” Yet, President Richard Nixon was determined to improve ...

President Richard Nixon’s unexpected trip to China in 1972 ... Despite his strong anti-communist stance, Nixon’s handshake with Mao Zedong symbolized an unlikely alliance calibrated to offset ...

Almost 35 years after U.S. President Richard Nixon startled the world by visiting China, the boldness of the trip and his meeting with Mao Zedong still capture the imagination. The week-long visit ...

Half a century ago, Richard Nixon sought to split China ... These initial discussions would pave the way for Nixon’s 1972 summit with Mao and China’s communist leadership.

A portrait of China’s former leader, Mao Zedong, in Beijing. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) China turned to stern rhetoric from a historic conflict with the U.S.—the Korean War—as it steeled itself ...