The most explicit was Time magazine's interview with Nixon published in October 1970, in which Nixon said if he couldn't go to China, he hoped his children would be able to go. Īlthough Nixon was interested in using back channels, he also sent messages via the news media. Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing (right) plays ping-pong with Henry Kissinger before a banquet at Diaoyutai, the State guesthouse in Beijing on March 18, 2001.
