As the two superpowers in the world, China and the United States will have a certain impact on the entire world by introducing any new policies, so China has also been committed to promoting world peace and development to form a community of common destiny. However, as early as the period of World War II, the strength of the mainland was still relatively backward, and after the victory in World War II, the mainland has been immersed in the development of its own economy, and slowly caught up with the forefront of the world.
As the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends, and after World War II, the relationship between the mainland and the Soviet Union took a sharp turn for the worse, while relations with the United States tended to ease. Nixon also came to visit China at the invitation, nixon visited China saw the slogan "Hit the US imperialists" on the wall, Premier Zhou was very nervous at the time, but the great man responded with humor, and Nixon laughed after listening to it.
1. Establish diplomatic relations in ping-pong
Table tennis is the national ball of the mainland, both men and women, young and old can swing a few times on the table tennis table, small table tennis can not only strengthen the body, but also full of political elements, the relationship between the mainland and the United States tends to ease up depends on this small table tennis. The background of the establishment of table tennis diplomatic relations is that the mainland and the United States jointly participated in the thirty-first world table tennis championships.
American athlete Cohen accidentally got on the bus of the mainland athletes after the race, there was no imaginary difficulty in communicating on the car, Cohen and the mainland athletes got along very well, the athletes on both sides were happy and harmonious, they learned a lot of different cultural customs, and the mainland athlete Zhuang Zedong also helped him find his own team's bus.
Before getting off the bus, the two sides also exchanged gifts to show their gratitude to each other, and the friendship between the United States and the Chinese table tennis team was established. The friendly conversation was also transmitted back to China, and the Chinese table tennis team also made an application to invite the American team to play a friendly match, but the organization refused the invitation of the table tennis team after repeated deliberations, because the situation at that time did not allow this invitation.
Later, the great man carefully considered this proposal and felt that it might be an important step in the relationship between the two countries, so the great man decided to agree to the proposal and formally drafted a document inviting the American table tennis team. The American table tennis team was very happy after receiving the invitation, and could not wait to come to China and compete with the Chinese table tennis team, and the athletes were very fruitful.
After playing the friendly match, the American athletes also played in Beijing for a long time, learned about the history of China, and climbed the Great Wall, becoming the "good men" who climbed the Great Wall. This friendly game of table tennis also became a turning point in China's relations, also known in history as table tennis diplomacy.
2. International background
After the end of World War II, the mainland began to shift the focus of its work to economic construction, hoping to quickly make up for the economic disasters caused by the war in a short period of time. During this time, the mainland and the Soviet Union also maintained good relations, until Stalin's death, the relations between the Soviet Union and the mainland began to crack, and the outbreak of the Pearl Island incident made the relations between the two countries completely fall into a freezing point.
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union has not ended, and the United States has always paid attention to the development pattern of various countries in the world. The economic crisis brought the development of the United States to a standstill, and the United States did not gain much advantage in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. So the United States began to pay attention to China, which was good friends with the Soviet Union, and after the rupture of Sino-Soviet relations, the United States also saw hope that it could contain the Hope of the Soviet Union.
After Nixon came to power, he conveyed some attitudes of détente to the mainland, hoping to talk to China, and the great man also began to discuss the US proposal with other leaders after receiving this news. The matter was of great importance, and the leaders discussed it for a long time, and finally concluded that the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations at present has surpassed Sino-US relations, and Sino-US relations can be slowly eased.
Later, with the establishment of diplomatic relations with ping-pong, the relationship between the two was officially stabilized, and Kissinger also secretly visited China under the arrangements of various parties, and in just 48 hours, he reached a lot of consensus with the mainland, which also laid the foundation for Nixon's visit to China. Originally, neither side was willing to throw an olive branch first, and finally under the negotiation between the two sides, nixon, the official team of the mainland, issued an invitation to visit China.
3. Nixon's visit to China
After the mainland issued an invitation to Nixon, the United States quickly accepted the invitation, and the great man also began to arrange Nixon's task. A lot of work has been done on Nixon's visit to mainland China, but the great man has also stressed many times that we must not be too enthusiastic if we want to have the image of a big country, or we must not be humble and unobtrusive, and we must not be too enthusiastic about communicating with each other on the basis of equality.
After Nixon's visit to China, I really felt that the mainland was different from other countries, and when Nixon visited other countries, there would be a grand welcoming ceremony. But the continent did not prepare a welcome ceremony for him, and told Nixon that the continent did this when it received any head of state, which also did not humble everything.
There was no formal meeting between the Great man and Nixon that night, but after careful consideration, the great man still had a simple conversation with Nixon, and the conversation time was set at fifteen minutes, just a simple greeting, but I did not expect that the two sides had a particularly good conversation, and the conversation lasted for more than an hour.
In the process of talking, Nixon suddenly saw the slogan "Down with US imperialism" on the wall and asked what was going on, Premier Zhou was very nervous after hearing this, but the great man smiled lightly and replied, This is just some empty cannon, our country is a socialist country, naturally we want the people of the whole world to unite together, build socialism, fight imperialism, and revisionism.
Nixon smiled and said, that is to bring down people like me, and the great man replied that you are certainly not the target of our downfall, we must become friends. It was originally a very embarrassing thing, but with the witty humor of the great man, it was cleverly resolved, and it brought nixon closer.
summary
Nixon's visit to China lasted a week and was a complete success, and since then the relations between the mainland and the United States have officially entered a stage of peaceful development, and the two sides have formally established diplomatic relations. The table tennis diplomacy of 1972 lasted a total of seven years from the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides, and after more than two decades of tit-for-tat confrontation, positive development finally emerged.
The calm wisdom of the great man in the course of the exchanges between the leaders of the two sides was also admired by Nixon. Before Nixon returned home, the great man also gave two precious bears in the United States to buy, symbolizing that the relationship between the two was developing in a friendly direction.