A Cold War turning point: Nixon and China, 1969-1972

Nixon pushes rapprochement

A new mood in Beijing

Tentative steps and the Warsaw channel

The post-Cambodia chill and the Pakistani channel

Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing

Reassuring allies and pursuing the Moscow Summit

Chinese at the UN and Kissinger's second visit to Beijing

Sino-U.S. Rapprochement and the Indo-Pakistani crisis

Homestretch to the Beijing Summit

The Beijing Summit

Conclusion.