Nixon In China – Hungarian State Opera

In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑American relations. Nixon in China addresses the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, which began by an invitation of the American table tennis players to their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit.

• András Almási-TóthDirector

• Kàroly SzemerèdyRichard Nixon
• Klára KolonitsPat Nixon
• Zoltán NyáriMao Zedong
• Rita RáczJiang Qing
• Azat MalikZhou Enlai
• István KovácsHenry Kissinger
• Diána Ivett KissNancy Tang
• Anna Csenge FürjesSecond secretary to Mao
• Lusine SahakyanThird secretary to Mao