Assignment: China - "The Week That Changed The World"

Richard Nixon's visit to China in February 1972 changed the course of history — reshaping the global balance of power and opening the door to the establishment of relations between the People's Republic and the United States.

It was also a milestone in the history of journalism. Since the Communist revolution of 1949, a suspicious regime in Beijing had barred virtually all U.S. reporters from China. For the Nixon trip, however, the Chinese agreed to accept nearly 100 journalists, and to allow the most dramatic events — Nixon's arrival in Beijing, Zhou Enlai's welcoming banquet, visits to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City — to be televised live.

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The coverage was arguably as important as the details of the diplomacy. It profoundly transformed American and international perceptions of a long-isolated China, generated the public support Nixon needed to change U.S. policy, and laid the groundwork for Beijing's gradual move to open China to greater international media coverage.

While the outlines of the Nixon trip are familiar, the behind-the-scenes story of how that momentous event was covered is much less well-known. This segment of Assignment: China focuses on journalists who went with Nixon and includes interviews with those officials who sought to shape the coverage. The Week that Changed the World contains previously unreleased footage of the Nixon visit, as well as interviews with journalistic luminaries such as Dan Rather and Bernard Kalb of CBS, Ted Koppel and Tom Jarriel of ABC, Barbara Walters of NBC, Max Frankel of the New York Times, Stanley Karnow of the Washington Post, and many others.

Reported and narrated by U.S.-China Institute Senior Fellow Mike Chinoy, formerly CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent and Beijing Bureau Chief, and edited by USCI Multimedia Editor Craig Stubing, the film offers a fascinating and previously untold perspective on one of the most important historical moments of the 20th century. Clayton Dube conceived of the Assignment: China project and supervises it.

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[Jin Chen]

中華民國，五行為土。中華人民共和國，氣數為九，五行為木。

始於毛澤東，毛潤之，潤澤東木。

繼之鄧小平，平者，木也，木氣生，和氣然。

續之江澤民，天水擇木澤中華。

紹之胡錦濤，錦繡中華，滔滔不絕。

隆之習近平，春意黯然，平易近人。

二十一世紀是歐美快速沒落，中印快速興起的時代，是中華文化，儒­釋道醫武，全面復興的時代，而經濟、科技、軍事、政治等皆是復興­文化之工具，雕龍小技!

[Jin Chen]

Heaven bless China! “In seven days comes the Return." (I Ching) 700 years a climax.

Zhou Dynasty, 841 BC, inception of Gonghe Regency (Joint Harmony), 1st golden dynasty.

Han Dynasty, 141 BC, heydays of Emperor Wu of Han, 2nd golden dynasty.

Tang Dynasty, 627 AD, reigns of Zhenguan and Kaiyuan, 3rd golden dynasty.

Ming Dynasty, 1368 AD, 7 Voyages of Zheng He, 4th golden dynasty far surpassing Han and Tang.

People’s Republic of China, 2069 AD, Chinese Cultural Renaissance, world harmony.

[David Lloyd-Jones]

...and the English are slaves to Germany because their Queen, Betty Battenberg, is a kraut?

-dlj.

[David Lloyd-Jones]

Jin, Chen,

I hope you're right.

-dlj.

[David Lloyd-Jones]

Um, Richard Nixon slowly started the process of America's emergence from self-imposed isolation -- and he waas so effective that President Carter was able to open up relations with China a mere ten years and three Administrations later! Wow! What a pioneer!

-dlj.

[IamAWESOME3980]

Jon Chen, obviously you are brainwashed by the Chinese propaganda. Mao was a complete idiot in governing a nation. Dengxiaoping was the REAL leader who helped put China back on its feet. FCK Maozedong. Since I was a kid, I always knew something was fishy with the historical text books I read and taught by my teachers.... Only after I came to the USA did I found out

[paragpokhrel]

classic fail. Chinese empire???? which world r u living in???

[AndroidGZS]

there is no chinese empire.

[ucheHapers]

In 2089, the fall of the ka-ching dynasty.

In 3000, the collapse of the Chinese empire.

[Jin Chen]

PRC's lucky # is 9. Any significant date or data related to PRC is 9. 30 years is small change, 60 years is big change, that's how we count using ancient Chinese calender. And its Five Element's qi is wood (east), Mao Zedong literally Mao water east.

In 1919, the Chinese people suffered.

In 1949, the Chinese people stood up.

In 1979, the Chinese people becoming rich.

In 2009, the Chinese people took off.

In 2039, the Chinese people is peaceful and content.

In 2069, world harmony.