Nixon in China: How a US presidential trip made history 50 years ago

[@hugowilliams1988]

At that time US had some great politicians. No one in US now dares to do what Nixon did.

[@woozy7405]

If you actually look at all the accomplishments of his time he was a great president. But in his legacy since then both sides have basically abandoned him and made his name something no politician wants to be called. He had only one problem and it was his leadership ideology. He believed in a more powerful interpretation of the presidency and thought he was above the law. That's a negative thing but it shouldn't be used to characterize his entire presidency.

[@theTHwa3tes11]

Donald Trump visited NORTH KOREA

[@Grenadier311]

@@theTHwa3tes11 To what effect? Bluster and hot hair showmanship, as usual.

[@hugowilliams1988]

@@theTHwa3tes11 He didn't visit North Korea. He talked with Kim in Vietnam.

[@theTHwa3tes11]

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[@cosmoray9750]

Excerpt from Wikipedia. Glen Cowan died in 2004 at 52 years of age. He had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment and underwent a bypass surgery. During the surgery, he went into a coma and died of a heart attack. Zhuang Zedong called from Beijing to express his sympathy, and in 2007 visited the United States, and met Cowan's mother. He called never seeing Cowan again the greatest "regret of my life."

[@rushdo6230]

zhuang died in 2013

[@shahrulamar5358]

Forrest Gump also in the ping pong team. 😃😃

[@psychogenesis6755]

Really nice video. There's a saying that "Only Nixon can visit China" since hes very right leaning. Being friendly with communist leaders (leaning left) wouldn't raise too many questions. Thanks SCMP for this piece of history

[@SamuraiKage-iv3ow]

The communist party is far from communist ideals.

[@vodobobo]

Hope the whole world unites together, no separation, no egos, no wars

[@kraisonpetrovdo7891]

You mean we unite with Marxists?

[@Ayeen1986]

@@kraisonpetrovdo7891 Hi comrade

[@schmuleyboteak4112]

@@kraisonpetrovdo7891 🇨🇳📈📈📈

[@dannyzero692]

I would love that, but the unfortunate reality is that we are a long way from that.

[@weservehumanitysbestinterests]

Without ego, humanity would cease to exist. What's the point of living?

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

Soviet union looking at PRC relation with US (this meeting) very friendly: 😡😡😡😡

[@PissMenn]

PRC would backstabbing Soviets/Russia at any time. They have their own agenda😅

[@ordinarydude2237]

Yeah, PRC and Russia government are more business partners than they are friends. Only reason they aren't fighting that much is because US and UN exists

[@卡卡d]

Sino-Soviet Split,a fascinating historical event.

[@lvjinbin28]

@@PissMenn because it's Soviet backstabbed China first like threatened to nuke China.

[@franklinpenguin]

🤣

[@lvjinbin28]

China and Soviet against USA in Korean War and Vietnam War, USA and Soviet against China in Sino-Indian War, Sino-Soviet Conflicts, Tibet Xinjiang Conflicts, China and USA against Soviet in Third Indochina War and Soviet-Afghan War, China and Russia will go against USA in Taiwan War and Ukraine War.

[@traveler8052]

Those 3 a Complete mess

[@Defeat1998]

The Soviet Union and China? Didn't the Soviet Union oppress China? Chiang Kai-shek brought China's money to Taiwan Province, Mao Zedong had no money, and the Soviet Union asked Mao Zedong for money, and had no money to compensate the Soviet Union, so they had to pay some food to the Soviet Union, and the Chinese had to provide the government with labor free of charge! Finally, the Soviet Union encouraged Vietnam to invade China. It is also necessary to bomb the heavy industrial areas in Northeast China with nuclear weapons.

[@Defeat1998]

I have never liked Russia. It's too bad. Russians are very bad! I hope China will not do big trade with Russia!

[@yukiskywalker4771]

USA will not join the Ukraine war and Taiwan war 😂

[@zayaricon]

The world will be better without these 3 countries

[@kyodonewsagency1182]

China was impressed by Richard Nixon, but it was Pat Nixon they fell in love with.

[@weilee1155]

His action paved the way for US winning the coldwar

[@v.hamilton5679]

You little dumb dumb, the cold war has never ended. But will end with the inevitable collapse of the US.

[@ordinarydude2237]

@@v.hamilton5679 it really isn't cold war anymore as the Union has collapsed. It should be named another name, I wonder why no one ever did that and honestly speaking, I'm hoping no one ever comes up with a new name for it if you understand what I'm saying. What you're talking about is the supremacy the US has in terms of its global presence which definitely has lessened overtime and I really don't see it as a reason for the US to collapse. The US is a big spender, China loves big spenders and won't let such delicious meat go.

[@卡卡d]

@@v.hamilton5679 I'd rather trust historians than a nobody, thanks.

[@samyak4165]

@@v.hamilton5679 lol, people have been saying the US collapsing ever since the assasination of kennedy.

[@v.hamilton5679]

@@samyak4165 the 60s have been golden age in US history, today is the sunset of the empire.

[@Jason-sf8vx]

The writer failed to mentioned 2 important reasons for Nixon visit , it is to prevent Soviet Union & China to become allied , second the person behind this move was LKY

[@aircloud1795]

Wait what did LKY do?

[@陈陳-t5c]

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[@RayDu]

Not really. There was Pakistan. And then there was Romania.

[@Defeat1998]

The Soviet Union will die! The Soviet Union oppressed China many times in World War II, and even Zhenbao Island triggered a war. The Soviet Union Yang Yan wanted to bomb China's northeast heavy industry area with nuclear weapons! After Mao Zedong took control of China, the Soviet Union always asked for money from China. At that time, Chinese money was brought to Taiwan Province by Chiang Kai-shek. Mao Zedong had no money, so he could only use some fruits and vegetables to compensate the Soviet Union. At that time, Chinese people didn't have enough to eat, but also provided the government with unpaid labor! The suffering of Chinese people is all due to the Soviet Union! The Soviet Union has to fight against the United States, NATO and China, so the Soviet Union will die, and China's economy will develop rapidly after the disintegration of the Soviet Union! The Soviets are evil. I don't know why the present Beijing government wants to do some military cooperation with Russia!

[@Defeat1998]

The Soviets are evil, Mongolia means that the Soviet Union supports independence, and the Chinese can't forget that the United States and China were allies until Mao Zedong established a government in China.

[@Aspenglow_]

Can't believe it, it's has been 50 years....

[@Poke9403]

They fixed the map!

[@Poke9403]

@@lastChang where does it say South China Sea on the map? Also The original US maps didn’t have that much Mexican territories and islands in the pacific.

[@卡卡d]

@@lastChang You should Google the Qing Dynasty map. You amateur of history.

[@W11-o2y]

The true China is one without Tibet and Kyrgyzstan. Taiwan should be its own island tbh cuz there’s native indigenous tribes there. Maybe even Manchuria should be it’s own country cuz they’re not even Han Chinese.

[@astroch]

@@W11-o2y according to your logic, "western countries" should be all in europe

[@W11-o2y]

@@astroch Yep

[@Yes_Fantasy_419]

Nixon may have done a lot of horrible stuff but this was one of his greatest triumphs that ultimately led to an alliance that would help put an end to the Soviet Empire. Nixon didn't allow ideologies and bad blood in the past cloud his judgement. This is one of America's finest hours.

[@Ihavpickle]

I agree daddy

[@rc8698]

I wish our peoples could be back together again. That we could atleast be super friendly to each other. Sigh......

[@rinzo2009]

This is the day that Washington unwittingly handed over the keys of ZA WARUDO to Beijing.

[@牛皮纸老虎]

Well that is also an opportunity to win in the cold war

[@Brick-Life]

This was all done thanks to Edgar Snow!

[@teogeorge3987]

There is more for US and China to achieve together than confrontation!

[@lirenh]

Is this reuploaded? I watched it yesterday?

[@alumpy-acho112]

They fixed the map at 0:32 - they included Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan last time

[@lirenh]

@@alumpy-acho112 Oh, thanks

[@ayahpinkofficial2769]

We are friends untill you become the most smart student In Class.. we Broke up!!...

[@bestquotes2765]

Why SCMP posted this twice

[@WhoMovedMyCheese163]

deleted the first posted one too. uhmmmm???

[@user-nl4xi7go8k]

Fixed map of China

[@surrenddermoodi4150]

My India lost big chunk of land to china in 1962.

[@anishedithal]

Pakistan gaya tukde tukde hone 🤣

[@franktoh3041]

Correction, China took back land from India, stolen by your white colonial master, Britain from a weak Qing dynasty China. We are yet to take back the remaining land.

[@anishedithal]

@Free N easy Whole china is of Japan We will take back Let us come in

[@anishedithal]

@Follow Your Dearms Japan is beside china Near Korean peninsula They took top part of china ( Manchuria region) During chinese civil war They had the Japanese empire back then Which had Korea Thailand Laos Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia Singapore in it back then

[@MrAntonychong]

China was a United country 2000 years ago. The expansionism continued until the Qing dynasty up to Tibet which extends to some parts of so called Indian's territories now in the 20th century. India was only recognised as a country when it declared independence in 1949. That was only few decades ago despite the fact that Indian civilization were millenials. And there never was an actual Indian country but smattering kingdoms of the maharajahs before 1949 held under British rule. So one can say that India was in fact reorganised by their British masters under one entity.

[@fadli_1577]

Nixon also invite Leonid Brezhnev to US during cold war era

[@Asylem9]

Some of us voters did not understand the history behind our relations, China. I can't speak for everyone, but most of us apologize.

[@somebodythatiusetoknow2027]

Interesting video

[@JDQK-u4h]

1:31 Vietnamese: Yeah…About that?

[@Walawala459]

It almost erase by Trump and Biden. Years of hard work by diplomats. No one can survive alone in the world.

[@sonoftheindus3921]

Pakistan arranged this meeting ad changed geopolitical history.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

telecom infrastructure transportation those are the priorities.

[@kninja6236]

it is not the ideology that matters but interest

[@赵雷-v5v]

纵观人类发展历史，冲突竞争不可避免，只有结果定论后，冲突在政治上才能得到解决。 不要心存侥幸，几场局部战争已经预定了，就看事件是以什么样的形式发展，这些是在所难免的。

[@mafiosomemer3730]

It was the biggest mistake yet

[@Hahaha41241]

Thanks Nixon we take from here, vive China.

[@chuckmorrison7085]

It was called Peking then. I remember. I was alive then. Also, Nixon should have told the CCP there were now two China's in the world.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

lushoaiqi and pengdhueai and pengedhuai were ehilabibited by denpxioaping.

[@saidmohammed7597]

Dhulqarnain knew his last travel will be to Gog ma Gog land on future and hence must build a hotel

[@tiantian7146]

I only miss President Trump, who has made more favorable choices and more efficient than Nixon.

[@calvinblue894]

Like Pandemic control 🤣🤣🤣

[@enghockonn8028]

The world is a stage People merely player

[@johnmilonas9143]

One of his worst sins was waking up the sleeping tiger.

[@WilliamHouStudio]

Wouldn't you agree that is a matter of time, anyways

[@erickariuki6842]

It was a matter of time. You can thank Deng for that

[@Grenadier311]

@@WilliamHouStudio Twould have been a much* longer time had America not so foolishly relocated her industrial base to China, and allowed the transfer of our intellectual property there. Had that not occurred, China would likely be on par with India today.

[@WilliamHouStudio]

@@Grenadier311 It was in the Cold War, and nobody saw China would become what it is today, including Nixon. Getting Communist China to side with the US against the USSR was seen as a significant victory and tilted the balance towards the US, which contributed to the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union. One key flaw in your way of thinking is ignoring the fact that the rest of the world has its own agenda. While US policy can influence events, it's not America's fault if something goes the other way on the other side of the world! After the death of Mao in 1976, China was going to reform open up its market under Deng anyways. The alternative could be letting the resource rich USSR (if they were smart enough) invest and set up their industrial base in the manpower rich China, and more, since they were a lot closer in terms of ideology. The Cold War could have ended differently.

[@Grenadier311]

@@WilliamHouStudio We were sold out.

[@DinoMan_6]

I despise Nixon.

[@starf1are505]

Hostility brings profits

[@mikeyu5004]

Thank you Mr. Nixon 😂

[@sadiqakbartaranwal]

Congrats to everyone who is early And who found this comment 👏 ❤

[@theSpicyHam]

just leave, okay?

[@FreddyFaz18YT]

The worst mistake in U.S history

[@lvjinbin28]

if it's not China joined USA side, then it's USA would collapse before Soviet after Vietnam War.

[@TheChosen2030]

It pakistan who helped china with this

[@rolandnorrone9262]

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[@ayumi7007]

When will this channel cover the chained woman who gave birth to 8 children

[@leonal522]

🖐🛑Fretting over trifles.

[@yubnub6431]

:)

[@zahrajan5470]

China was developed by Western countries.

[@eveleung8855]

China was developed by her own common people's handwork and selfless contribution with the help of Western countries in terms of finance and technology aid! And all those finance and technology aid is a fair trade, it is NOT given to the Chinese for FREE! The Western provide money and technology, in return these westerner earn HUGE profits! With the cheap goods produced with the sweat and sacrifice of the Chinese, the Western countries economy was thriving and wealthy! Please don't make it sound like the Westerner is the savior of China, sounds very disgusting.

[@mr.torpedo1405]

@@eveleung8855 Very well said, Eve.

[@franktoh3041]

Why don't you get Western countries to develop India to counter China?

[@Dept246]

Why can’t other developing countries do the same thing then?

[@franktoh3041]

@@Dept246 That's because few of them believe in hard work.

[@lungeranon7645]

Hindsight 20/20 - It was a huge mistake.

[@Hahaha41241]

Haha you bitter little boy

[@user-nl4xi7go8k]

For the US, definitely not for China tho

[@lungeranon7645]

@@user-nl4xi7go8k Yes. I would say for the world too. I dont think globalism and China’s role in it has been positive or will be positive for the world. Its pretty much Imperialism 2.0 in Africa and “everything is ours” in Asia antagonism with Asian neighbors.

[@lungeranon7645]

@@Hahaha41241 Its a fairly objective observation.

[@Dept246]

All it meant was that the United States recognized mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. It was really Deng Xiaoping who was the “Architect of Modern China” after the death of Mao in 1976.

[@TalzBlaze]

Kissinger was an evil genius Although he was full of evil

[@onthewater59]

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