Why Did Nixon Try to Improve the United States' Relationship

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why did Nixon try to improve the United States' relationship with China in the early 1970s?

• A)To conduct joint nuclear experiments with China
• B)To retain the United States' membership in the Commonwealth of Nations
• C)To drive a wedge between China and the Soviet Union
• D)To persuade China to stay out of the internal affairs of the United States
• E)To reduce China's wheat exports to the Soviet Union

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