Nixon’s visit to China and the easing of U.S.–China relations is named as a political-historical event. The available passages do not provide an account of the visit, its participants, or the changes in relations associated with it, so its course and significance cannot be developed further here.

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The passages supplied for this entry address other philosophical, religious, and political subjects. They contain no scene or specific information about Nixon’s visit, the diplomatic exchanges, or the subsequent easing of relations.