Desc: Misunderstanding China: Directed by Irv Drasnin. With Charles Kuralt. A CBS Reports broadcast on the eve of President Nixon's historic meeting with Mao Zedong in Beijing, February 1972, this film examines US-China relations as influenced and reflected in American popular culture and politics. It documents attitudes, perceptions, and misperceptions as disseminated in Hollywood films, newsreels, historical footage, and the popular press. This film has become a staple of China studies in America.