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[[File:Nixon_and_Zhou_toast.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px350px|US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai toast during the week-long meeting that led to the Shanghai Communiqué, February 25, 1972]]
In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon traveled to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and met with Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and Zhou Enlai, the PRC Premier. Over the course of this visit, the two governments negotiated the Shanghai Communiqué, an important step toward improving relations between the United States and the PRC after many years of hostility.
