A compilation of audiovisual materials from the collections of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. Collections Include: The Naval Photographic Center, The White House Staff Super 9 Film Collection, The White House Communications Agency Sound Recording Collection, The Haldeman Diaries. A production by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
The Nixon trip was not just a geopolitical milestone, it was also a media extravaganza. America's top journalists fought to cover the historic event. The USC U.S.-China Institute's Assignment: China series features interviews with those journalists, as well as the American and Chinese officials who sought to shape the coverage.
The February 23 conference commemorated the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's historic visit to Beijing and Shanghai and his meetings with Chairman Mao. It was sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
The opening remarks and the keynote address at the Nixon in China: A Legacy Revisited conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
Panel I at the Nixon in China: A Legacy Revisited conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
Panel II at the Nixon in China: A Legacy Revisited conference, sponsored by the UCLA Burkle Center, the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and the UCLA Confucius Institute.
On the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China, experts discuss "the week that changed the world."
The conference Nixon in China: A Legacy Revisited shows how far the U.S.-China relationship has come.