President Nixon's visit to china was seen as a foreign policy success?

Repercussions of the Nixon visit continue to this day; while near-immediate results included a significant shift in the Cold War balance-driving a wedge between the Soviet Union and China, resulting in significant Soviet concessions to the U. S.

Nixon's foreign policy focused on détente with the Soviet Union and China, as he sought to move away from traditional ideological conflicts and the policy of containment. Nixon's 1972 visit to China ushered in a new era of U. S.-Chinese relations and effectively removed China as a Cold War foe.