China helps keep its rival afloat by buying vast amounts of U.S. debt. As time passed, other drawbacks of the Nixon visit became clear to Washington. Although the trip did deliver the desired ...

If Trump were to pull this off, he, too, would change the course of history—isolating China, guaranteeing European security, ...

The importance of Nixon’s particular visit, however ... and pull off his reforms as quickly as he did without the impetus of the Nixon trip," said Platt. Video: Watch Mike Chinoy's Assignment: ...

Clearly it did so for China, as well. Had Nixon not gone to China, it is hard to imagine how U.S.-China relations would not have been a great deal more unstable than they currently are. The epic 1972 ...