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Road to Peking Nixon Eyes Signposts of History in China
In a retrospective traveling piece, Nixon will trace signposts left by Japan, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek as he nears Peking. The article reviews Stalin’s China policies, the united front with Chiang, Mao’s rise, and the shifting Allied stance through World War II and the Chinese civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Nixon
China
Japan
America
Stalin
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Joseph Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Lin Piao
Lin
Kuomintang
Taiwan
Manchuria
Chiang
Shensi
Chou Enlai
United Front
Chang Hsuehliang
Lian
Yan Jucheng
Northwest Army
Nanking
Shentung Province
Chou En-lai
Chou
Communist Central Committee
Marco Polo
Red Army
8Th Route Army
Chu Teh
Outer Mongolia
East Asia
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
Yalta
Chungking
Hurley
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Yenan
Shanghai
Sun Yat-sen
Kuo Tai-chi