Answer:
Nixon thought that improving relationships with China would help ease the tension of the Cold War with the Soviet Union
Step-by-step explanation:
Relations between the Soviet Union and China, deteriorated and in fact ended into a border conflict during Nixon's administration. Nixon was in a unique position to opening to China and thought that improving relationships with China would help ease the tension of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Nixon visited China in February 1972 although he belonged to the conservative wing of the Republican Party, and he opposed Communism. His visit to Beijing improved relations with the U.S.S.R. Then these two latter countries signed agreements such as the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty which although did not end the arms race cooled down the tensions between them