Mao defied illness to meet Nixon
By Zhao Shengnan | China Daily | Updated: 2012-01-17 08:33
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Chairman Mao Zedong meets former US president Richard Nixon at Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Feb 21, 1972. |
BEIJING - Both the US and Chinese officials were surprised that 78-year-old Chairman Mao Zedong decided to meet then US president Richard Nixon only three hours after his arrival in Beijing on Feb 21, 1972, Mao's then interpreter said on Monday.
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