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preface
When Nick visited China in 1972, Premier Zhou generously gifted Moutai and his entourage because Moutai was too good to take away a few bottles.
Nixon visits China
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, China and the United States jointly fought against fascism, and the United States not only provided supplies to the mainland, but also sent military personnel and mainland troops to fight together.
Later, the mainland grew up with the help of the Soviet Union, but there were rivalries and contradictions between the United States and the Soviet Union, and as a result, relations between the mainland and the United States were also affected.
After the Zhenbao Island incident, the mainland adhered to the bottom line in order to safeguard national interests, but unexpectedly, Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated.
In the view of the United States, the mainland at this time can develop a cooperative relationship with the United States, so that both countries can obtain certain benefits, so it seeks to communicate with the mainland.
However, not long after the deterioration of relations between the Soviet Union and the mainland, the United States suddenly visited the mainland, which was easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, so Kissinger took advantage of Pakistan to quietly visit the mainland.
Kissinger's two-day visit, after all, he only visited India for two days, and in the end, he found an excuse to stay at his residence, hiding that most of the local guards had come to the mainland to meet Premier Zhou and others.
After Kissinger left, athletes from China and the United States participated in the Games together, and mainland athlete Zhuang Zedong and American athlete Cohen shared a vehicle, because the two met for the first time, and did not know what to say for a while.
After a long time, Zhuang Zedong took the lead in breaking the silence, introduced himself to Cohen, and gave Cohen a piece of Hangzhou brocade as a gift, and Cohen carefully held the brocade and admired the pattern on it.
Later, out of politeness, Cohen gave Zhuang Zedong a T-shirt as a gift in return, and the scene of the two giving gifts to each other was quickly recorded by reporters, after all, they represent China and the United States.
After that, public opinion between China and the United States was relatively friendly, and many people believed that China and the United States had a great tendency to break the ice.
Sure enough, when Nixon visited China in 1972, he had tasted the roast duck that Kissinger had brought him from China before he came to China.
At that time, the rigorous Nixon specially learned how to use chopsticks to hold food in order to taste the true taste of the East.
After tasting roast duck, Nixon thought that roast duck had a unique taste that could not be replaced by grilled meat, grilled sausages and other foods.
Not only that, Nixon specifically read Snow's "Journey to the West" to understand Chinese customs.
While reading this book, Nixon learned that when the Red Army arrived in Moutai Town, the troops drank all the wine here, and he was a little curious about the taste of Moutai.
Before Nixon's visit to China, through unremitting efforts, he finally learned to say "hello" and "thank you" so that he could use it when visiting the mainland.
In the end, Nixon was fully prepared to set off with his wife and staff to visit China, the first visit by a top American leader in more than 20 years.
Premier Zhou considered that Nixon was flying for too long and was prone to vertigo when he got off the plane, so he carefully paid attention to Nixon's reaction.
As soon as Nixon extended his hand to shake hands with Premier Zhou, Premier Zhou responded with a powerful handshake, and his extraordinary grace impressed Nixon.
Later, Nixon took a short break and talked with Chairman Mao according to the schedule, and the two originally planned to talk for tens of minutes, but before they knew it, more than an hour had passed.
At that time, the most urgent purpose of Nixon's visit to China was to improve relations between the mainland and the United States, but Chairman Mao did not focus the conversation on the political level, but on the philosophical level.
Before this, Nixon had read Chairman Mao's works, and he thought that Chairman Mao's works were very profound, and urged the young people around him to read Chairman Mao's works.
Most of Nixon's conversation with Chairman Mao was spent quietly listening to Chairman Mao's views, and he looked at his watch several times and found that the time was up, but he could not bear to interrupt Chairman Mao.
After that, Nixon participated in the banquet prepared for him by the mainland, and the mainland considered that Nixon came from afar, in order to make him feel at home, the mainland prepared a lot of Western-style meals at the banquet.
At the same time, the weather on the mainland was already relatively cold, and it was customary to prepare hot water at the table, but the mainland leaders took into account that Americans did not have the habit of drinking hot water, so they replaced the hot water with cold boiled water.
Before Nixon and others officially began to eat, the mainland staff carefully introduced the pasta on the table to them, and Mrs. Nixon listened to the explanation of the mainland staff, and a smile appeared on her face from time to time.
At that time, Mainland thought that Nixon would eat more easily with a knife and fork, so he prepared a knife and fork next to his dinner plate, but Nixon asked the staff for chopsticks.
After Nixon got the chopsticks, he skillfully operated the chopsticks to pick up the dishes, and shared the taste of the dishes with Premier Zhou on the side while eating.
At the same time, there was a cigarette box with a panda printed on the table, and Premier Zhou pointed to the panda on it and mentioned to Nixon that he wanted to give the panda to the United States as a witness to the friendly exchanges between China and the United States.
You know, most Americans, including Mrs. Nixon, like the mainland panda, but the panda is a mainland protected animal and is not allowed to be sent abroad until Nixon's visit to China.
Nick and Moutai
When Nixon visited China and had dinner with Premier Zhou, he first came into contact with Moutai, and he found that this wine was the same as white water, but the degree was above 50 degrees, and he wanted to taste what this wine tasted more and more.
Nixon was about to drink, when Premier Zhou told him a joke, saying that someone had lit a cigarette and drank Moutai and accidentally encountered an explosion.
At that time, Nixon and Premier Zhou were talking and drinking, and Nixon always drank all the wine in his glass, but Premier Zhou took a small sip.
After Nixon found out, he was very curious, he learned that Premier Zhou had an excellent amount of alcohol, and he did not have the habit of drinking wine in the glass, so he immediately asked Premier Zhou his own questions.
At this time, Premier Zhou explained to Nixon that his doctor had told him to only control the amount of alcohol he drank every day, at most one or two drinks, and it turned out that he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer before seeing Nixon.
However, under the torment of illness, Premier Zhou's eyes were still firm and alert, and he did not let Nixon and others see any abnormalities, and even performed a show for Nixon on the spot with Maotai wine.
Premier Zhou poured Moutai wine on a plate and put a scratched match into it, and then a blue flame appeared in the wine, and the flames swayed with the flow of the surrounding air, and the air was filled with the memory of Moutai wine.
Nixon was attracted by this scene, he had never seen such a charming blue flame, and he couldn't help but have a surprised expression.
Later, Nixon and Chairman Mao exchanged gifts and prepared to leave China, and before leaving China, he wanted to take a few bottles of Moutai wine, but he was embarrassed to speak.
Unexpectedly, Premier Zhou had prepared several bottles of Moutai and presented them to Nixon and his entourage, among which, the Moutai that Premier Zhou gave to Nixon, Nixon was generally reluctant to drink.
Not long after Nixon got Moutai, in order to show his daughter, he tried to pour wine into the glass and then light the wine in the glass, but he accidentally spilled some of the wine in the process of pouring it.
The spilled wine flowed down the outer wall of the glass to the tablecloth in Nixon's house, so that as Nixon lit the wine, the wine outside the glass also burned.
The wife and daughter were startled and quickly dodged, but Nixon did not panic at all, and drank with another wine glass poured with Moutai, indicating that Moutai was indeed a good wine.
At this time, the staff had rushed to the scene to extinguish the flames ignited by the Moutai wine, and the White House was saved from a fire.
Later, when Nixon met Deng Xiaoping, he mentioned this incident to Deng Xiaoping, and the incident quickly attracted media attention, and Nixon's image in the eyes of the mainland people gradually improved.
After that, Nixon had to retire from politics for various reasons, fewer and fewer people came to visit him, and he faced the dilemma of being forgotten by the world.
However, Premier Zhou still sent Han Xu, a mainland staff member in the United States, to visit Nixon, and during the meeting, Nixon shared with him the Maotai sent by Premier Zhou.
brief summary
In our lives, we can share our food with others, exchange feelings in the process of sharing food, and lay the foundation for cooperation between the two parties.
With the passage of time, we should strengthen economic construction, gradually improve the living standards of the people on the mainland, and let them enjoy the fruits of the mainland's development from the material level.
In the process of development, we should maintain goodwill to others, and usher in more opportunities for the development of us and others through cordial and friendly exchanges between the two sides.
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Today, we need to continuously improve our economic and other strength, help us achieve our development goals independently, and become useful people for society and the country.
In the process of our development, we should protect the existing material and cultural wealth, share our culture such as catering with others, and undertake the mission of our cultural dissemination.
In our lives, we can understand history and culture, establish correct values, actively interact with others, and promote the common development of both sides.
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At the same time, we can properly remember our ancestors and encourage ourselves to complete our own work and become part of building a strong socialist country.
At the same time, we should urge the young people around us to read and study more, participate in national industrial construction and scientific and technological research, and become talents to promote the development of different fields on the mainland.
After we have problems in our relationship with others, we can first consider the reasons for the problem, and then solve the contradictions between us and others, and gradually develop our friendly cooperation with others.
We live in the big family of the motherland, and we should respect others and jointly build a good atmosphere of development and cooperation, so as to continuously provide a better living environment for the people.
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