President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, an unexpected pivot in U.S. foreign policy, helped end the Cold War. But it ...

Nixon, advised by Henry Kissinger, capitalized on existing fractures between leaders in China and Russia, created by ideological differences and territorial skirmishes. Today, the neighbors are ...

During his youth, Mao became a great admirer of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, from the classic Chinese novel Journey to The West (西游记).