Sino-American rapprochement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sino-American_rapprochement
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Nixon's_opening_to_China
gptkbp:beganIn 1971
gptkbp:context gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:culminatesIn gptkb:Nixon's_visit_to_China
gptkbp:dateOfNixonVisit February 21-28, 1972
gptkbp:effect increased US-China cooperation
isolation of Soviet Union
shift in global balance of power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sino-American rapprochement
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Henry_Kissinger
gptkb:Mao_Zedong
gptkb:Zhou_Enlai
gptkbp:motive gptkb:Sino-Soviet_split
US desire to counter Soviet Union
gptkbp:precededBy decades of US-China hostility
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Establishment_of_PRC_Liaison_Office_in_Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Establishment_of_US_Liaison_Office_in_Beijing
Normalization of diplomatic relations in 1979
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Shanghai_Communiqué
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Shanghai_Communiqué
gptkb:Normalization_of_US-China_relations
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Ping-pong_diplomacy
gptkb:Henry_Kissinger's_secret_visit_to_China
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cold_War_in_Asia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6