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Highlights in China-US ties over past four decades

(Xinhua) Updated: 2015-09-23 10:38 Comments

Highlights in China-US ties over past four decades

The Xinhua file photo shows then Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping and then US President Jimmy Carter shake hands at the White House on Jan 31, 1979. [Photo/Xinhua]

-- Jan 28 - Feb 5, 1979: Chinese Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping paid an official visit to the US at the invitation of US President Jimmy Carter. The visit, the first by a Chinese leader to the United States, opened a new chapter in the history of China-US relations. On Jan 31, the two sides signed a bilateral technological cooperation agreement and a cultural agreement.

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