Chinese dictator Mao Zedong woke up early and got a shave ... Not far away, President Richard M. Nixon rested in a guesthouse, making notes on a legal pad. He wore a dress shirt with cuff links.

Richard Nixon was alone in his hotel room in Beijing, uncertain and on edge. He had traveled halfway around the world, and he still didn’t know if he would meet China's leader, Mao Zedong.

At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Richard Nixon flew ... in the name of class struggle. Nixon's 1972 trip, which included meetings with Chairman Mao Zedong and a visit to the Great ...

Henry Kissinger said Mao Zedong was the "most dangerous" leader ... leader when he served as a national security advisor to Richard Nixon in 1972, at a time of easing tensions between the US ...

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 ...

It was 50 years ago – today – when Richard Nixon sat down and met face to face with Mao Zedong. It was all about politics – the Vietnam War, the Soviets, the upcoming US election and Taiwan ...

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 ...

Freeman interpreted for then-president Richard Nixon during his historic 1972 Beijing trip to meet Mao Zedong. He has served in the US Foreign Service and state and defence departments and was US ...

FILE - Then Chinese communist party leader Mao Zedong, left, and then U.S. President Richard Nixon shake hands as they meet in Beijing on Feb. 21, 1972. At the height of the Cold War, U.S ...