>>5899478>..US, which didn't even officially recognize the CCP as a legitimate government until the Clinton..>Clintonanon, I...
"The normalization of ties culminated in 1979, when the U.S. established full diplomatic relations with the PRC."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon%27s_1972_visit_to_China"Repercussions of the Nixon visit continue to this day; while near-immediate results included a significant shift in the Cold War balance—driving a wedge between the Soviet Union and China, resulting in significant Soviet concessions to the U.S.—the trip spawned China's opening to the world and economic parity with capitalist countries."
