Ping Pong Diplomacy

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It was thirty-five years ago today that President Nixon visited China. Feeling overstretched by commitment in Vietnam and eager to create tension between rival Communist powers Nixon’s visit was part of the period of detente between the Superpowers.

He followed his Chinese mission with a visit to Moscow in May of 1972. At this point the Nixon Presidency was going well - he won a huge election victory to secure a second term in the Whitehouse in November 1972. And then came Watergate…

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