The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States was a key to the major changes in international relations in the last century, and this was the first time that the socialist and capitalist camps shook hands and made peace. The most representative event was Nixon's visit to China. This was the first meeting between East and West. Due to cultural and ideological differences, friction and conflict between the two sides are inevitable. This time, a strong smell of gunpowder erupted, almost overturning the table at the banquet, and the meeting almost ended in disharmony.
Let's pull the timeline back to the 1970s. In the course of its development, the Soviet Union, due to its erroneous judgment of the international situation, gradually deviated from socialism, embarked on the path of chauvinism, and began to interfere in the internal affairs of various countries, including China. More than once, he made very rude demands on China, and Grandpa Mao was greatly angered by this, bluntly saying that he was still out of power with the barrel of a gun. This word spread overseas, and for a time it angered the Soviet Union, and there was no regard for revolutionary friendship, threatening to teach us a lesson, and Chen Bing was a million soldiers directly pressing on our border.
On the other side of the ocean, the United States was also frightened by the strong military pressure of the Soviet Union, looking at this fighting nation that dared to say and dare to do, the United States did not dare to confront it, and it urgently needed an ally to balance the red nation, and it was the top priority at that time to protect national interests to the greatest extent, change the direction of the position in time, and unite high-quality international allies.
In 1970, after releasing the active signal of "not isolating China," Nixon called China the "People's Republic of China" for the first time during his visit to foreign affairs, once again releasing a signal of friendship with China. In April of the following year, in a foreign policy report to Congress, Nixon announced that the trade ban would be lifted and currency and shipping controls on the new China would be relaxed.
This decision has undoubtedly become the first signal for the thawing of Sino-US relations. On the other hand, grandpa Mao and other great people of the older generation gathered together to discuss after receiving the news, and they did not sleep for two consecutive days and two nights, and they were also actively promoting ice-breaking matters with the United States. In August 1970, the Chinese side sent an olive branch to Edgar Snow, a well-known American journalist, an old friend of Chinese min, and the author of "Red Star Shines on China", inviting him to visit China, hoping to release a friendly message to Nixon through him.
One day in February 1972, Nixon's plane landed in Beijing. Premier Zhou, who had been waiting for Nixon for a long time, immediately greeted Nixon and held his hand tightly. Nearby reporters immediately pressed the shutter to record the historical scene.
Subsequently, the two took the same car to Zhongnanhai to attend the banquet. This is not an ordinary banquet, we all know that Chinese has always had various ceremonies, and at this state banquet, it can better reflect the ulterior motives. Grandpa Mao learned in advance that Nixon liked the traditional food of the mainland, so he asked Li Dazui, then the chef of Zhongnanhai, to make a water ski, which was made of herring with a thorny tail. Even Chinese thought it was troublesome to eat, and Nixon, a foreigner who couldn't use chopsticks, felt even more inconvenient.
Seeing this, do you think that Grandpa Mao is not trying to make things difficult for people? This is precisely the art at the dinner table, intended to tell Lao Mei that it is not easy for China and the United States to join forces, and there are many obstacles to be overcome in the middle. Nixon is worthy of being the president, and immediately guessed Grandpa Mao's good intentions, so he picked up chopsticks and trembled and picked up this dish, intending to show an attitude of establishing diplomatic relations: although it is difficult not to be afraid, unite as one.
After eating, he arranged a place for Lao Ni to live, and suddenly one day, Nixon proposed to understand the customs and customs of China, feel the ancient oriental language civilization Ming, Premier Zhou enthusiastically arranged an Air China plane for him, but Nixon thought that Air China was not safe, he wanted to take his own plane. Here Nixon is still a little tender, and he does not know the principle of going with the customs. In order to dispel Nixon's defensive mentality, Premier Zhou took the initiative to fly with Nixon to prove that AVIC was safe and reliable. Nixon saw that Premier Zhou was so sincere that he no longer insisted on his opinion.
Nixon's accompanying diplomat named Hague, who had met privately with Premier Zhou. When talking about Sino-Soviet relations, he said that China is far less powerful than the Soviet Union, and once there is a conflict, China will inevitably suffer huge losses, but the United States will not allow the Soviet Union to bully other countries, and the US military will "do justice." A condescending, sympathetic look.
These words seem friendly, but in fact they carry hegemonic ideas. It is clear that the United States wants to play the role of the "world's policeman." Our beloved prime minister immediately hit back strongly, saying that China has its own way of dealing with external threats and does not need any country or organization to act as an umbrella. Hague looked ashamed and bowed his head in shame. Realizing that he had offended Premier Zhou, he quickly apologized and apologized.
Three days later, Nixon held talks with Premier Zhou. During the conversation, when it came to the Taiwan issue, Nixon said that the United States would not give up Taiwan and would provide necessary assistance to the Taiwan government, and the US government obviously wanted to use Taiwan to contain China! Premier Zhou said at the first time that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair, and no outsider can interfere, otherwise the consequences will be borne by themselves. An enraged Nixon told Premier Zhou that the United States possessed so many nuclear weapons that it could destroy the planet tenfold! Premier Zhou responded-for-tat: China also has nuclear weapons, although not many, but enough to destroy the earth once!
Between the words, Nixon was frightened by Premier Zhou's words and broke into a cold sweat, he realized that the "sleeping lion" in the East had awakened in front of him, and he also realized that China was no longer what it used to be, they could no longer control China like a small country in the Americas and Africa, and the only thing the United States could do was to have equal contact with China.
After 2 days of reflection, Nixon sent a well-intentioned signal to China, convincing the U.S. Congress to withdraw its troops from Taiwan. China, the state of etiquette, has also made some concessions in other ways. In the late 1970s, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations, and a series of subsequent cooperation projects enabled the two countries to benefit a lot. Since then, the Soviet Union has not realized that it is being isolated, and it is precisely in this historical change that we have seized the opportunity to step by step toward self-improvement.
From beginning to end, the mainland has adhered to the path of independent development. No matter how the outside world changes, we always believe that only our own strength can win respect. History tells us that our savior is not God, not a god, not a Western power, but a country that leads the people to prosperity and strength! For more than 70 years, the Chinese nation has endured ups and downs, but it has continued to strengthen itself and forge ahead, and has achieved national prosperity and national rejuvenation under the unremitting struggle of generations of people who have worked hard to overcome difficulties!