为中美友好交往架设彩桥的美国总统尼克松

Richard Nixon, a Contributor to the Sino-US Friendship

尼克松于1969年春入主白宫后,从美国国家利益出发,采取务实态度,逐渐改变鹰派立场,调整美国对外政策,收缩美国在海外驻军,结束越南战争,在世界上推行缓和外交。1972年2月,尼克松成功访问中华人民共和国以及《上海联合公报》的发表,是中美关系历史性突破,是隔绝走向交流、对抗走向缓和折点。此后,中美建交,两国关系的正常化,不仅对中美两国的发展,而且对世界结构性变化,对世界和平和稳定都具有重要意义和深远影响。

When he won the presidency in spring 1969, in recognition to the best interest of the United States, Nixon shifted the U.S. foreign policy from a hawk style to a more practical stand. He reduced the overseas presence of the U.S. military force, ended the Vietnam War, and promoted a more relaxed international relationship. His ice- breaking visit to China in February 1972 and the signing of the Shanghai Communiqurepresented a turning point from isolation and confrontation to interaction and relaxation between the two countries. The subsequent normalization and establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the U. S. not only changed the courses of the two countries, but also reshaped the world structure, and had far - reaching impact on world peace and stability.