In the early days of the founding of New China, its international position could be described as precarious. Western countries are full of hostility toward China, but as China develops better and better, its national strength is also getting stronger.
This also led to a re-examination of China by Western nations, and nixon visited China in 1972, the first U.S. president in history to set foot in China. His move also caused a fierce discussion in the international community, which was also the first cultural exchange between China and the United States.
Nixon's arrival naturally attracted china's attention, and Chairman Mao was ready to receive him personally. But in the course of the conversation, Nixon brought up a very sensitive issue. Nixon: "How to call Chiang Kai-shek"? Chairman Mao replied in 7 words, which caused Nixon to laugh. Which seven words did Chairman Mao answer? Let's take a look!
The reasons for Nixon's visit to China
With the founding of New China, China's power has also become increasingly influential in the international community, and at this time, the United States also realized this problem and tried to ease Sino-US relations. In fact, this is also what Chairman Mao wants to see, and in the early years Chairman Mao had the idea of making good friends with the United States. But because U.S. President Roosevelt supported Chiang Kai-shek, this also led Chairman Mao to abandon this idea. The defeat that accompanied Chiang Kai-shek and the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea plunged the two countries into a freezing point.
But at this time things took a turn for the better, and with the rise of the Soviet Union in the Cold War, he began to suppress countries that were also in the socialist camp. This behavior also made Chairman Mao more and more disgusted, in fact, Chairman Mao has long been unaccustomed to the hegemony and arbitrariness of the Soviet Union. Just to thank Stalin for his help to China in the early years, he endured until the Soviet Union had begun to threaten China with nuclear weapons. In order to strike a balance between the Soviet Union and the United States, Chairman Mao naturally chose to cooperate with the United States.
And China's needs are in line with their idea of containing the Soviet Union, and both sides are trying to figure out how to break the ice. At this time, the Chinese and American table tennis teams met in Japan, and an American guy got into the wrong car.
In order to show comfort, the Chinese team members also gave us our own mascot. It is also this incident that has promoted the ice-breaking plan between China and the United States, and the United States has also thrown out its intention to cooperate with China. As a result, U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972.
Chairman Mao and Nixon
President Nixon attached great importance to his visit to China, and he planned many details. For example, the accompanying reporter was personally selected by him, and he left the White House on February 17, 1972. Air Force One took off from Washington, D.C., and Nixon stayed in Hawaii for a few days, arriving in Beijing at 11:30 a.m. on the 21st. In terms of time, he also has a plan, 11:30 Beijing time is 22:30 US time. This period was the prime of American television, and he hoped that his people would see him arrive in Beijing.
When the plane landed, Premier Zhou was already waiting at the airport with twenty-five Chinese officials. This also touched Nixon, who noticed that Premier Zhou was wearing a blue coat, and to show his reciprocity, he also changed into a coat.
The handshake between Premier Zhou and Nixon is also known as the "Grip of the Century", which represents the successful icebreaking between China and the United States. At the same time, Chairman Mao also planned to meet Nixon, although the two people had never met, but they felt very familiar. Nixon held Chairman Mao's hand tightly for nearly a minute or so.
In the course of Chairman Mao's conversation with Nixon, because Nixon was not familiar with Chinese culture, he would ask some more outlandish questions. Among them, he said: "Chiang Kai-shek calls you bandits, so what do you call Chiang Kai-shek?" "At that time, China's cross-strait relations were in a relatively tense stage, and this issue was undoubtedly more sensitive. But Chairman Mao smiled and replied, "We also call them bandits." ”
Nixon laughed when he heard this answer, and then Chairman Mao and Nixon talked about heaven. On the night of the visit, Premier Zhou specially hosted a banquet in the Great Hall of the People to entertain Nixon, during which Nixon also learned how to use chopsticks, but his subordinate Kissinger could not learn anything. At the dinner, Premier Zhou even said that the Chinese government would give two giant pandas to the United States, which made Nixon very excited.
At the dinner table, everyone has three glasses in front of them: one with orange juice, one with red wine, and one with Maotai. Premier Zhou also told Nixon Moutai that the alcohol concentration was very high, and one point could be obtained. After returning to the United States, Nixon also conducted experiments, which almost set the White House on fire. During the week of his visit to China, Nixon also climbed the Great Wall under the leadership of Premier Zhou and Ye Jianying. Premier Zhou also told Nixon that there is an old Chinese saying: "It is not a good man to go to the Great Wall."
Subsequent developments
Nixon also lamented the ability and efforts of the Chinese, and during Nixon's visit to China, the expressions of China and the United States in the Sino-US Joint Communique had a relatively large difference. To this end, Nixon's subordinate Kissinger also negotiated with Qiao Guanhua, and negotiated nearly ten times. Qiao Guanhua said that China does not need a joint communiqué, but the United States needs a joint communiqué to give the people an explanation. The negotiations on the joint communiqué were also very difficult, especially on the Taiwan issue.
In the end, both sides finally reached a consensus on choosing concessions on the Taiwan issue. The success of Nixon's visit to China also represents changes in Sino-US relations, and this visit to China is not only a cultural exchange between China and the United States, but also represents the meaning of friendship between the two sides.
Chairman Mao was also very grateful to Nixon, who invited Nixon again in 1976 to visit China. This also made Nixon very moved, and the two exchanged for more than an hour. The following year, Chairman Mao died.
epilogue
It was these two meetings that made Nixon admire Chairman Mao so much that in 1978, Sino-US relations were finally normalized. The friendship of Sino-US relations not only allows the two sides to have more cultural exchanges, but also alleviates the international tension between the two countries, which is a milestone event in the world.
And chairman Mao also said that China and the United States need to properly cooperate and exchanges to achieve a win-win situation. The beginning of Sino-US exchanges has also brought many benefits to China. This has opened up a new situation in China's foreign relations. With the development of the times, China and the United States, as the two most influential countries today, should move in the same direction. Jointly promote the development and stability of the world.
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