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The phrase "Nixon in China" is a historical reference to US President Richard Nixon 's visit to the People's Republic Of China in 1972 , where he met with Chairman Mao Zedong . A more explicit variant with the same metaphor is, "'''Only Nixon could go to China'''." Because Nixon had an undisputed reputation of being zealously " Anti-Communist ," he was largely immune to any criticism of being "soft on Communism" by anti-Communist Americans. The phrase " {Link without Title} Nixon in China" is thus an analogy which refers to a claimed "special" ability of someone considered " Conservative " or " Hardline " to accomplish Moderate Diplomacy that an Ideologically " Moderate " figure might be unable to achieve due to lesser credibility among opponents of such moderate policies. Nixon's China visit was of particular significance because it marked a normalization of Sino-American Relations —the two countries had been estranged for many years because China was ardently Communist at the time. The phrase was quoted in the '', where it was said to be a Vulcan phrase. |
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