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Why was Nixon’s trip to China kept so secret? Nixon went to China to better the relations between the two nations he did this by establishing the Shanghai Communiqué and the Ping Pong Diplomacy which helped ease hostilities and thaw the cold war. Nixon stayed in China for seven days to conference with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. In my opinion I think Nixon accomplished what he went there for which was to ease the hostilities between the two nations. Richard M. Nixon speaks with Mao Zedong on how to ease relations between China and the U.S., He also talked to Zhou Enlai about the Vietnam War, and the shanghai communiqué.Nixon speaks with Mao Zedong to better the relations between China and the U.S. This meeting was very controversial because Mao Zedong was China’s communist leader. The two spoke about the Vietnam War, the Shanghai Communiqué, and the Ping Pong Diplomacy. Nixon and Mao Zedong also conversed about “The Open Door Policy” this is where all nations had equal trading rights in China and to protect China’s sovereignty. “The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. This honor now beckons America”Nixon and Zhou Enlai spoke some time about the Vietnam War. Nixon and Kissinger spoke with Zhou Enlai about mollifying their concerns about the possibility of Taiwanese independence and prospective Japanese influence over Taiwan. The Vietnam War raged between the ant-communist south and the communist north. In 1958 communist-led guerrillas known as the Vietcong to battle the south Vietnamese government. “This was the week that changed the world”.During the conference Nixon and Kissinger spoke with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai about the Shanghai Communiqué and the Ping Pong Diplomacy. The Shanghai Communiqué was about joining the United States of America and the Peoples Republic of China. They established this communiqué on February 27, 1972. The Ping Pong Diplomacy was where America and China agreed to trade players from both nations ping pong teams they did this to ease hostilities and thaw the cold war. “All men are created equal. The creator has given us certain inviolable rights: the right to life, the right to be free, and the right to achieve happiness”.In conclusion Nixon achieved what he went to China for which was to ease relations between them and thaw the cold war. His conference with Zhou Enlai also went well and he got the information he needed to about Taiwan and the Japanese influence on them. Nixon’s process of improving relations between the two nations worked perfectly. In the seven days Nixon spent in Beijing, China he established the Shanghai Communiqué and the Ping Pong Diplomacy.