Nixon and Mao

An American in China: Richard Nixon's historic 1972 visit</b> It is hard to imagine a more cynical and self-serving quartet than Richard Nixon and Mao Tse-tung and their eager deputies, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-Lai. Yet during the last week of February 1972, these four schemers, each trying mightily to out-finesse the other, succeeded collectively…