50 years on: Nixon’s historic visit to Shanghai

US President Richard Nixon's icebreaking visit to China in 1972, Xia Yongfang, former assistant to director of the Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, was both a participant in and a witness to the ... ( read original story ...)

Road to Shanghai Communique relived 50 years on

Cui Tiankai, 70, the longest-serving Chinese ambassador to the United States, little knew 50 years ago the extent to which US President Richard Nixon's ice-breaking trip to China would affect the ... ( read original story ...)