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This Day in History: 7/15/1971 - Nixon Visit to China (1:03)

In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 15, 1971, Richard Nixon stunned the nation by stating that he would visit communist China. Nixon was a product of the Cold War and spent his career bad-mouthing everything red China did or said.

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  • This Day in History: 7/15/1971 - Nixon Visit to China
    This Day in History: 7/15/1971 - Nixon Visit to China

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    In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 15, 1971, Richard Nixon stunned the nation by stating that he would visit communist China. Nixon was a product of the Cold War and spent his career bad-mouthing everything red China did or said.

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  • Chinatown: Strangers in a Strange Land
    Chinatown: Strangers in a Strange Land

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    This Save Our History video, recounts how Chinese food became popular in America because it used high quality ingredients and was low cost. Watch and learn the origin of chop suey and egg rolls which really aren't considered real Chinese food.

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  • This Day in History: 10/16/1934 - Long March in China
    This Day in History: 10/16/1934 - Long March in China

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    In this "This Day in History" video clip learn about different events that have occurred on October 16th. Some of the events include Marie Antoinette being executed and the introduction of the first birth control pill.

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  • History Rewind: Conquest of China, 1932
    History Rewind: Conquest of China, 1932

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    In a History Rewind video, discover that in 1932, without warning, the Japanese attacked the Chinese city of Shanghai. See actual footage of that attack here; images may be disturbing to some viewers.

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  • This Day in History: 7/1/1997 - Hong Kong Returned to China
    This Day in History: 7/1/1997 - Hong Kong Returned to China

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    In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 1, 1997, China regained control of Hong Kong after 156 years of British rule. China gave up the island at the end of the first Opium War; at the time, it was a barren, rocky, no-man's land.

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