RETRO REPORT: President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, an unexpected pivot in U.S. foreign policy, helped end the Cold War. But it left Taiwan’s fate uncertain.

Video: Watch Mike Chinoy's Assignment: China—"The Week That Changed The World,", an often humorous look at media coverage of Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. (58 min., 53 sec.) ...

On Feb 21, 1972, then US president Richard Nixon became the first sitting US president to visit China, sending a tremor through the Cold War world and changing the course of history. The two countries ...

Nixon’s 1972 trip, which included meetings ... the world’s second largest economy. Nixon’s visit was a “pivotal event that ushered in China’s turn outward and subsequent rise globally ...

There is a long history of U.S. and Chinese citizens forging relationships with one another through cultural exchange.

John Adamss groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixons 1972 visit to the Peoples Republic of China Peter Sellarss ... stars James Maddalena as Nixon Robert Brubaker as Chairman ...