S3-E9 - Nixon and Kissinger Grovel in China, and Taiwan’s “China” Days are Numbered

Long hailed as a “historic diplomatic breakthrough,” the
reality is that US president Richard Nixon's 1972 trip to China
has been rather oversold. Yes, the brief Mao-Nixon meeting did
start a thaw in relations, but Nixon may have given more than he
got. Here’s a gripping tale of geopolitical
strategy, grand ambition, secret trips, betrayal and blunders. As
well as covering the famous summit which would give rise to
the expression, “like Nixon going to
China,” we also touch on Chiang Kai-shek’s own plans for
“going to China” via Vietnam and the Soviet Union.