Mao Zedong’s chaotic, bloody purge that killed more than two million people in revolutionary episodes of “unfathomable brutality.” Yet, President Richard Nixon was determined to improve ...

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.