Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History
Harris, Stuart, The China Journal
Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History, edited by William C. Kirby, Robert S. Ross and Gong Li. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006. xxii + 376 pp. US$49.50 (hardcover).
US President Nixon's 1972 visit to China both surprised the world and brought about a substantial geopolitical realignment in Cold War relations. It changed US bilateral relations with China and also made possible China's reform which has depended so heavily on US trade, investment and technology.
Given that the process of moving to the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué was achieved in three years, why did the subsequent move to normalization, effective on 1 January 1979, take …
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Article title: Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History.
Contributors: Harris, Stuart - Author.
Journal title: The China Journal.
Issue: 57
Publication date: January 2007.
Page number: 253+.
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