The US President Richard Nixon paid an official visit to China, during which Sino-US joint communique was issued in Shanghai.
美国总统理查德·尼克松对中国进行正式访问，其间《中美联合公报》在上海发表。
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December 16, 1978: China and the US issued a joint communique which called for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on January 1, 1979.