Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasinei neizvi, ukama hweChina neU.S. hwakatanga kuderera muna 1981<unk>1982. VaChinese vakatsamwiswa nokurwisana nechiKomonisiti kwaReagan, kunyange zvazvo kwakanga kwakanangidzirwa zvikurukuru kuSoviet Union, pamwe chete nokuenderera mberi kwekutengeswa kwezvombo zveU.S. kuTaiwan. Muna December 1981, Mutungamiri Zhao Ziyang akashanyira North Korea uko akarwisa kuvapo kwemauto eU.S. muKorea uye akataura kuti yaive nemhosva yekuparadzaniswa kwenyika. Kwakanga kune kurwisana kuduku kwakasiyana-siyana kwakadai sokupiwa kwokupotera kumutambi akakurumbira wetennis, Hu Na, uyo aitya kutambudzwa nokuda kwokuramba kubatana neCCP. China yakadzima mapurogiramu akawanda edzidzo netsika yokuchinjana neUnited States somugumisiro wechiitiko ichi. United States
kupinda kweGrenada nokugadza zvombo muWestern Europe kwakasangana nokushorwa neChina, uye nyika mbiri idzi dzakatora mativi anopesana pakurwisana kweFalkland Islands, mubvunzo wePalestine, uye kuvapo kwemauto eAmerica muSouth Korea. Pakazosvika 1984, ukama hweChina neU.S. hwakanga hwavandudzika uye Mutungamiri Reagan akashanyira Beijing muna April-May wegore iroro. Rwendo rwacho rwakafamba zvakanaka, kunyange zvazvo hurukuro yakaitwa naReagan yaisimudzira capitalism, demokrasi, uye rusununguko rworudzidziso, pamwe chete nokutsoropodza zvisina kunanga Soviet Union, zvisina kuratidzwa paTV muChina.