Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, a move that remains a point of tension, though it moved China away from the Soviet Union.

On a bright January morning in 1979, then US president Jimmy Carter greeted a historic guest in Washington: Deng Xiaoping, the man who unlocked China's economy. The first leader of Communist China to visit the United States,

Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.

Carter's most significant achievement was his announcement on Dec 15, 1978, that the US and the People's Republic of China had agreed to establish diplomatic ties on Jan 1, 1979. He emphasized that the US recognized the government of the PRC as the sole legal government of China.

China's President Xi Jinping on Monday offered his condolences over the death of Jimmy Carter, saying the former U.S. president was the driving force behind the establishment of diplomatic ties between both countries more than 40 years ago.

U.S. relations is poised to influence Trump’s China policy across economic, military, and diplomatic dimensions.

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring "the day of the so-called ugly American is over."

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is remembered in China for bringing an end to decades of hostility and establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing – at ...

“As U.S. president Jimmy Carter facilitated and oversaw the establishment of diplomatic ties with China and made vital contributions to promoting the development of Sino-US relations and friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two countries,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a regular media briefing Monday.