China Teday. China's Foreign Affairs and Intemational Relations %s Deng Xiaoping s visit to the United States the following month was symbolic of the optimism felt in Beijing and Washington concerning their strategic alignment and their burgeoning commercial. technical. and cultural relations School of politics and International relations 2013/4/12❖ Deng Xiaoping’s visit to the United States the following month was symbolic of the optimism felt in Beijing and Washington concerning their strategic alignment and their burgeoning commercial, technical, and cultural relations