Why did Nixon go to China?

[Deja Q]

And was it because of this that offshoring became the 'in' thing?

[Semi_subversive]

1. The food!

[bullimiami]

2. exactly.

he loved won ton soup.


im just guessing.

[MnFats]

3. we could no longer ignore one fifth of the world's population...

....
it was about time that somebody, SOMEBODY, made contact with the Chinese....we didn't recognize them, had no contact with them for DECADES....

interestingly, it was said at the time that only a Republican, not a Democrat, could get away with going to China. Because a Dem would have been torn to pieces for reaching out to commies.


Also, Nixon wanted to turn attention from his bigass problems...his war, and his crimes....

[Brand New Tico]

4. To get to the other side?

Or maybe cause Republicans heard that Chinese 'tang is sideways.

[LostInAnomie]

6. Damn you beat me to it.

Why! Oh Why did I change the channel on the TV!

[LostInAnomie]

5. He heard about the sideways vaginas...

... only to be disappointed.

[BoX o BooX]

7. Sideways Vaginas

Excellent name for a band.

[warrior1]

8. because it was there.

.

[Dukakis88]

9. Unfortunately, about an hour after he left China, he was hungry again.

[wyldwolf]

10. From Star Trek 6: The Vulcan Proverb spoken by Spock...

"Only Nixon could go to China"

[IronLionZion]

11. to see where to invade after Vietnam and Cambodia

but the invasion was done by corporations

He tried India too but Indira Ghandi was all about nationalizing corporations

[fknobbit]

12. Nixon's trip was a sells promotion by Pepsi.!

[Menshevik]

13. egg rolls

and to scare the Soviets