The greatest increase was in the view that the Chinese were "hardworking. Knowing of President Nixon’s expressed desire to visit the People’s Republic of China, Premier Chou Enlai, on behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, has extended an invitation to President Nixon to visit China at an appropriate date before May 1972. The March 1972 survey showed a considerable increase in positive-sounding perceptions - what some may consider stereotypes - compared with the previous measure in 1966. Gallup asked Americans which of 23 favorable or unfavorable descriptions applied to the Chinese people. It was a historic occasion for many reasons. Nixon visit the great Wall of China, February 24, 1972. Kissinger last night for taking part in the Helsinki talks on European. Hadley Cantril, to ascertain Americans' opinion of the Chinese. February 1972 Fortieth anniversary: Nixon visits China February 1972 Nixon visits China Fortieth anniversary Source C Nixon meeting Mao Tse Tung US President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972 proved to be an unexpected success. Nixons implicit criticism of President Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. In the wake of Nixon's visit, George Gallup used a procedure, credited to Princeton University researcher Dr. The massive news coverage gave Americans their first good peek into communist China's physical and cultural landscape.Īs George Gallup noted, "The televised view of thousands of Chinese people sweeping snow from the streets in Peking (Beijing), and other examples of mass labor, apparently impressed a considerable number of Americans."įavorable Impressions of Chinese Skyrocket After Nixon Visit In between meetings with various Communist Party leaders, including Chairman Mao Zedong, Nixon traveled the country, touring the great sights of China. 21, 1972, for what Nixon later dubbed "the week that changed the world." Indeed, the thawing of relations averted conflict with China over Taiwan, greatly improved the United States' Cold War positioning with the Soviet Union and may have contributed to ending the Vietnam War. Nixon, his wife Pat, his diplomatic team and a large press entourage arrived in Beijing on Feb.
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