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Ten United States presidents have made presidential visits to East Asia. The first presidential trip to a country in East Asia was made by Dwight D. Eisenhower (as president-elect) in 1952. Since then, all presidents, except John F. Kennedy, have travelled to one or more nations in the region while in office. To date, twenty-one visits have been made to Japan, nineteen to South Korea, twelve to China, and one to both Mongolia and Taiwan. No incumbent president has yet visited North Korea (which does not have diplomatic relations with the U.S.).
Video United States presidential visits to East Asia
Table of visits
Visits by former presidents
- Ulysses S. Grant visited Hong Kong, Canton (now Guangzhou), Shanghai, and Peking where he spoke with the head of government, Prince Gong, and Li Hongzhang, Viceroy of Zhili, in 1878, during a world tour after leaving the presidency. He subsequently visited Japan, before returning to the U.S.
- Richard Nixon visited China at the personal invitation of Mao Zedong in February 1976. He visited again in mid-1979, and had a private meeting with Deng Xiaoping in Beijing.
- Jimmy Carter travelled to China, along with Carter Center personnel, for meetings with government and other officials on several occasions: July 1997, September 2003, December 2007, and January 2009.
- Bill Clinton (who had considered visiting North Korea in 2000 near the end of his presidency) travelled to Pyongyang, North Korea in August 2009 to secure the release of two American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were imprisoned after crossing into North Korea through China without a Visa. Lee and Ling were released while he was there.
Maps United States presidential visits to East Asia
See also
- Foreign policy of the United States
- United States-South Korea free trade agreement
- Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
- One-China policy
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