FromDr. Kissinger’ssecrettriptoPresidentNixon’sofficialvisit, animportantstepwastakentowardnormalizationofChina-USrelations. ThatwasfollowedbytheCarterAdministration’sacceptanceofthethreeprinciplesproposedbyChina, namelytheUSmustsever “diplomaticrelations” andabrogateits “mutualdefensetreaty” withTaiwanandUSforcesmustwithdrawfromTaiwan. Onsuchbasis, theUSreachedagreementwithChinaontheproperhandlingoftheTaiwanquestion. IntheJointCommuniqué issuedon 16 December 1978 ontheestablishmentofdiplomaticties, theUSrecognizedtheGovernmentofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaasthesolelegalgovernmentofChina. TheUSsidewentontostatethatwithinthatcontext, thepeopleoftheUSwouldmaintaincultural, commercialandotherunofficialrelationswiththepeopleofTaiwan. On 1 January 1979, ChinaandtheUSenteredintodiplomaticrelations.
在中美关系“破冰”、正常化直至建交的过程中，毛泽东、周恩来、邓小平和尼克松、卡特、基辛格等中美老一辈领导人和政治家从两国人民根本利益出发，以非凡的战略眼光和卓越的政治勇气，超越意识形态和社会制度的差异，作出了历史性的政治决断。“上海公报”、“建交公报”以及1982年着重解决美国售台武器这一历史遗留问题的“八·一七”公报，确立了一个中国原则，确认了相互尊重、平等相待、求同存异等处理两国关系的准则，构成了中美关系的政治基础。
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