Sentence examples for opening relations from inspiring English sources

When Henry Kissinger made his secret trip to Beijing, in 1971, with the aim of opening relations, the two countries were united, above all, by a common adversary.

A leader with weaker anti-Communist credentials would likely have failed to gain popular support for opening relations with the radically anti-American Mao Zedong.

When Nixon went to China in 1972, he succeeded in opening relations with that Communist country precisely because of his reputation as a staunch anti-Communist.

North Korea has tried to break out of its isolation, opening relations with Italy and Australia and holding talks with Japan and the United States.

The law school is even considering creating a permanent display about Nixon to accompany the portrait, with a plaque emphasizing the successes of his career, like opening relations with China.

Richard M. Nixon, who is still revered in China for opening relations between the two countries, was a frequent guest and escaped here after his resignation as president, writing in the Annenbergs' guest book, "When you're down, you find out who your real friends are".

After all, his grandfather, Ichiro Hatoyama, prime minister in the mid-1950s, opened relations with the Soviet Union.

"He opened relations with China, and that's what kept inflation down.

Franklin D. Roosevelt opened relations with the Soviet Union in 1933 to balance the ascendance of menacing forces in Germany and Japan.

Does the ascension of Raúl Castro, Fidel Castro's brother, represent an opportunity to open relations with that country?

Overcoming the administration's skeptics, she persuaded Mr. Obama to open relations with the military rulers in Myanmar, a reclusive dictatorship eager to emerge from decades of isolation.