In the early 1970s, China was supplying significant military, financial, and logistical assistance to North Vietnam in its ...

Despite his strong anti-communist stance, Nixon’s handshake with Mao Zedong symbolized an unlikely alliance calibrated to offset Soviet power. But in Nixon’s talks with Mao, Taiwan remained a ...

The print was inspired by U.S. President Nixon's trip to China to meet Chairman Mao, ending years of diplomatic isolation between the U.S. and China, according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"The meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in American history." Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars makes his Met debut directing this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration ...

Most importantly, for both sides and the rest of the world, the meeting between Nixon and Chairman Mao Zedong symbolized the recognition of shared stakes in global development and peace.