This historical documentary from the CIA Film Library highlights official receptions and political gatherings in China with footage that includes Mao Tse-Tung.

President Nixon's policy of detente helped to positively transform United States relations with China and the Soviet Union. In February 1972 Nixon became the first United States president to visit Communist China. As part of his five-day tour, he met with Premier Zhou Enlai and Chairman Mao Zedong; the trip was broadcast on American television. In May 1972 Nixon followed up with a trip to the Soviet Union. Despite Nixon's "opening" of China, the U.S....

"An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history. From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the Iron Bird Flies, by Jianglin Li, breaks this decades-long silence to reveal for the first time a comprehensive...