 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Achiramba achiswedera pedyo zvikuru kwakatanga munguva youtongi hwaNixon, Carter akatsvaka ukama hwapedyo nePeoples Republic of China PRC. Nyika mbiri idzi dzakaramba dzichishanda pamwe chete dzichirwisana neSoviet Union, uye hurumende yaCarter yakabvumirana zvinyoronyoro kuti China ipinde muChinareVietnam. Muna 1979, Carter akawedzera kuzivikanwa kwepamutemo kwePRC kekutanga. Ichi chisarudzo chakatungamirira kukuwedzera mukutengeserana pakati peUnited States nePRC, iyo yakanga ichitsvaka kuchinja kwezvemari pasi pehutungamiri hwaDeng Xiaoping. Pashure pokupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan, Carter akabvumira kutengeswa kwezvinhu zvechiuto kuChina uye akatanga nhaurirano dzokugoverana ruzivo rwechiuto. Muna Ndira 1980, Carter unilaterally revoked the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty with the Republic of China ROC, which had lost control of mainland China to the PRC in 1949, but retained control the island of Taiwan. Kubviswa kwechibvumirano naCarter kwakadenhwa mudare nemaRepublican anochengetedza, asi Dare Repamusorosoro rakatonga kuti nyaya yacho yakanga iri nyaya yezvematongerwe enyika isingagoni kutongwa mu Goldwater v. Carter. US yakaramba ichichengetedza hukama hwehukama neROC kuburikidza ne1979 Taiwan Relations Act. 