peking time, the white house news secretary re-emphasized mr.s try in the meetings with the leaders of the people's republic of china to seek a new direction in the relationship between our two countries and to end the isolation of our two great peoples from each other. ♪ >> four hours after his arrival, mr. nixon is taken to see mao, the fact that the chairman arranged a meeting in his home is considered significant by diplomatic observers. [ indiscernible ] >> included is an evening at the peking opera to see a ballet, the red detachment of women, that depicts the overthrow of a cruel landlord by female communist partisans. [ indiscernible ] >> a complete propaganda operation. extremely well done. the emperor seated behind me explained the theological aspects all the way through and wanted to be sure i understood all the points. that was a rather odd sight to see the president clapping at the end for this kind of thing, which should have been horrifying to him. but it all seems to fit together here somehow. >> the skies have been somber in pek

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of course my university peking university and the shanghai institute and social sciences, 19 university and many others. they held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions, some were small group meetings and we also helped many meetings with our american counterpart in beijing, washington d.c. or new york city. the end result is the chinese report publicized in both chinese and english and we also want to thank for publicizing the report and the chinese reports and both english and chinese are already educating in the volume which will be published by the chinese social scientists, i hope it will come pretty soon. and you may this year we launched a rollout event in beijing similar to the one we're holding today in washington, d.c. we had people from csi us and other think tanks from the united states, this is simply my story, the chinese side of the story equally important are more important is that of a few round of consultations csi s took i made a decision to help us and coordinate american think tanks to write a report instead, but the first idea is to write something called t

surely one of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken by an american president, his trip to pekinge what i deeply hope will become a journey for peace. >> is the food as good as people say it is? >> i'm no expert on chinese food, but i liked it. >> mr. president? >> hello, henry. >> nixon was a great geopolitical thinker, and he liked the idea of linkage, that he could link u.s. soviet policy and produce one tidy bundle. >> nixon thought that the vietnamese were hirelings or pawns of the chinese and soviets. they weren't. they were communists domestically, but they were no one's pawn. they were using the chinese and the russians playing them off each other to get weaponry to fight us to gain their independence. >> the heaviest fighting in a year broke out in south vietnam today. north vietnamese forces struck at eight bases manned by south vietnamese troops just south of the demilitarized zone. >> the north vietnamese are unnerved by the fact that the americans seem to be making peace with both the soviets and the chinese. they're feeling alienated from their principal allies. they

. >> air force one has just landed at peking international airport. an historic moment, the official beginning of his visit to china. >> china was considered almost a different planet. and the idea that any american president would go to china was considered a fantasy probably at best. in terms of foreign pocy, it was sort of a moon landing. >> i think one of the relts of our trip, we hope, may be the walls that are erected, whether they are physical walls like this or whether they are other walls of ideology or philosophy, will not divide peoples of the world. >> in richard nixon's own mind, this was a script. it was designed to result in an overwhelming election victory in the november election. >> who do you think you'll vote for for president this year? >> nixon. >> richard nixon. >> nixon. >> yeah, nixon. >> nixon. >> is anybody else running but nixon? >> the president was a political animal. the president was phenomenally skilled. he was able to handle virtually anything. >> five men wearing white gloves and carrying cameras were caught early to

we also-- i also want to commend the peking university school of business who cannot be here today because of a family illness, but the other three authors on his team and the rest of their group really should be commended for thoughtful analysis, serious discussion, presentation of it-- as it-- evidence which is on the website that you can read. let me say a bit about sort of the differences, similarities and differences in error analysis on economic issues and then similarities and differences where we come down in terms of policy prescription as well. particularly since he's not here and went as much balance as possible even though i probably cannot fully meet that, but i will try. in terms of our analysis, both sides agree that the us china commercial relationship has been largely mutually beneficial and benefited both sides, that despite the fact that there is this larger trade deficit bilaterally that number should it be the measure by which we judge whether the relationship is beneficial or not. i think also we agreed on both sides at the us economy faces a variety of challenges and

want to commend from peking university school of business who can't be here bruce of a family illnessabout the other three authors on his dispeople the rest of the group should be commended for a very thoughtful analysis of serious discussion, presentation of evidence in their paper as well, which is on the csi web site which you can read. let me say a little bit about the differences -- similarities and differences in our analysis, economic issues, and then similarities and differences where we come down in terms of policy prescriptions as well. and particularly since hoff is not here i aren't to be as balanced as possible even though i probably can't fully meet that idea but i'll try. think in terms of our analysis, both sides agree that the u.s.-china commercial relationship has been largely mutually beneficial. it has benefited beth side -- both sides sides and despite tht there is a large trade deficit bilaterally, the number shouldn't be the measure by which we judge whether the relationship is beneficial or not. i think also we agree on both sides the united states economy face

sciences, the defense university, the pla academy of emission science -- of english and science, pekingand [indiscernible] sciences, andl many others. we held dozens of closed-door debates and discussions. sound more small group meetings. meetings withany our american counterparts in beijing, washington, d.c., or new york city. the end result is the chinese published in both chinese and english.we also want to thank csis for publicizing the chinese report. the chinese report in both english and already edited in the volume, which will be published by the chinese academy of social sciences publishing house. i hope it will come out pretty soon. in may this year, we launched a rollout event in beijing, similar to the one we are holding today and washington, d.c. andad people from csis other think tanks from the united states. story, theply my chinese side of the story. equally important or even more important, after a few rounds of consultations, csis made the decision to help out and to coordinate american think tanks to write a report. -- the first idea is to write something called a joi