Who was the President who took the first steps to opening normal relations with Communist China?

Answer by  Amanda4136 (19)

Richard Nixon along with his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, believed in a foreign policy of detente which meant the easing of foreign relations. He hoped to open up the lines of communication between the United States, China, and the USSR. He became the first president to visit Communist China in 1972, his greatest achievement.

Answer by  jclick (1561)

Richard Nixon was the first president to visit the People's Republic of China and took the first steps to opening relations with that country.

Answer by  Mike39 (320)

President Richard Nixon was the first US President who visited the People's Republic of China. This happened in February 1972.

Answer by  wallaby78 (2293)

Nixon opened relations with China, and visited in 1972. He was the first US president to visit the People's Republic of China.

Answer by  Mable (3008)

President Richard M. Nixon went to China and began the historic steps that led to normalized relations with China. Nixon's work in relations to China is often overlooked because his presidency was so clouded by the Viet Nam war and the Watergate scandal. Many historians think this is the most important positive contribution he made.

Answer by  Hasan72 (572)

President Richard Nixon was the first US President to visit Communist China in 1972. Nixon made a personal visit to China which is regarded as successful diplomatic achievements of Nixon's presidency.

Answer by  Zoso (869)

Famously it was Richard Nixon, in February 1972, who opened relations with Mao's Communist China. Nixon's entire career developed on his conservative anti-Communist politics, so his extended personal visit to China was surprising to his supporters. This is seen as Nixon's most important foreign policy achievement.

Answer by  bitchstewie (489)

The first president to take steps to normalize relations with Communist China was Richard Nixon who took a trip there.

Answer by  CarolynOsborne (2804)

Richard Nixon negotiated with Chairman Mao. In 1966, the People's Republic of China had a "Cultural Revolution" that attempted to eliminate all western influences. It was a disastrous period of time in China's history. Nixon's subsequent visit to China was a sign the revolution was ending.