Jimmy Carter: The President Who Changed US–China Relations

Carter established diplomatic ties with Beijing and cut formal relations with the government in Taipei, which ruled China before the CCP.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1987, after Carter signed an agreement between China and Global 2000, a humanitarian aid organization which will provide training for the handicapped people. AFP via Getty Images

Jimmy Carter, the 39th and the longest-lived U.S. president, died at his home in Georgia on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

In China and Taiwan, the death of Carter, who established diplomatic relations with Beijing and severed formal ties between the United States and Taipei, was met with mixed reactions.