40th Anniversary of Nixon's Visit to China Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email President Nixon meets with China's Communist Party Leader, Mao Tse-Tung, on February 29, 1972. ( Nixon Presidential Materials, U.S. National Archives, College Park, Maryland. / Wikimedia Commons ) Produced by Kristen Meinzer Produced by PRI and WNYC