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[[File: Carter_DengXiaoping.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px250px|Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter at the signing ceremony were where diplomatic relations were reestablished]]
During Jimmy Carter’s presidency, the most dramatic moment in Sino-American relations occurred on December 15, 1978, when, following months of secret negotiations, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced that they would recognize one another and establish official diplomatic relations. As part of the agreement, the United States recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, and declared it would withdraw diplomatic recognition from Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China [ROC]).
