In 1971, there was a burst of cheers from Zhongnanhai in Beijing.
Then Premier Zhou Enlai quickly walked out of the room and walked towards the chairman's residence. As soon as he entered the door, the Premier couldn't hide his joy and said to the chairman: Chairman, thanks to Comrade Guanhua and the others, our seats in the United Nations have been restored! Mao Zedong slowly loosened his brows and said: This time it is indeed not easy. It was African brothers who carried us into the United Nations. However, it is not easy for European countries to vote for it.
Why, as the imperialist support group of the United States, this time many European countries, even Canada, voted for the socialist new China?
Actually, when it comes to New China's restoration of its legal seat in the United Nations. Many people will immediately think of the illustration in the middle school history textbook-" Joe's laugh ". Qiao Guanhua in the photo is one of the most famous signs of this historical event. However, after regaining his legal seat in the United Nations, why is Qiao Guanhua so happy? This has to start with the difficult process of New China's restoration of its seat in the United Nations.
Mr. Qiao Guanhua
In 1949, the People's Liberation Army finally fought the Yangtze River and basically liberated China. On October 1st of this year, New China was formally established. However, although we have already announced the founding of the nation,However, the world at that time was in a two-tier Cold War environment dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union. Since the founding of New China, it pursued a "leaning to one side" diplomatic policy, and chose to stand on the side of the Soviet Union's Big Brother. As a result, many Western countries directly did not recognize New China. Therefore, the nascent socialist China faces an extremely sinister international diplomatic environment.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
However, even so, New China still did not give up fighting to restore its legal seat in the United Nations. As early as 1954 when Premier Zhou Enlai led a team to participate in the Geneva meeting , Premier Zhou discussed this issue with the US representative Dulles and the British representative Aiden . At that time, the United States once took hostile measures against China. Dulles even let out something to say: I will never shake hands with diplomats of Red China!
John Foster Dulles
But this is not difficult for Premier Zhou, although the American attitude is so tough, the British attitude is very subtle. Aiden said in a private meeting with Premier Zhou: As long as China remains neutral on the issues of this meeting, it does not favor the Soviet Union. We in Britain will support your return to the United Nations. Moreover, we will try our best to help you persuade the United States, as long as you do what we want, everyone is happy.
Robert Anthony Aiden
Faced with the olive branch thrown by the British representative Aiden, Zhou Enlai thought about it, but refused. After all, this is inconsistent with our country's general foreign policy. He said to Aiden: Whether there is a seat in the United Nations, the life of the Chinese people is as usual. The meaning of this is very clear,Of course we can't ask for it to return to the United Nations, but we don't have to have this seat.
At the end of the Geneva meeting, Dulles agreed to shake hands with Zhou Enlai. His personal attitude towards China has eased. However, Dulles is known as an "anti-communist vanguard" in the United States after all. If he really speaks for China at this time, it will be personally detrimental to him. Therefore, on the issue of China's return to the United Nations, Dulles chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Held in Geneva from April 26 to July 21, 1954 Bar. In 1958, when the then leader of the Soviet Union Khrushchev visited China, Khrushchev of the Soviet Union fully agreed to China's return to the United Nations.
However, he turned his head and wanted to station troops in Chinese ports, so that China and the Soviet Union could establish a " joint fleet " together. This is obviously trying to use Chinese territory to fight for hegemony with the Americans. Faced with such a request, Chairman Mao Zedong stood up and asked Khrushchev: I ask you, what is a joint fleet? What do you mean? Khrushchev said angrily: The joint fleet is the unity of our two countries? Mao Zedong emphasized again: I will ask you again, what is a joint fleet? ! This time Khrushchev was completely embarrassed. He stood there speechlessly, like a kid who did something wrong.
Mao Zedong warned Khrushchev again: I tell you,There must be no foreign troops stationed on China's soil, not now! Not in the future! Otherwise, aren't we the Qing government? After this incident, Sino-Soviet relations have also begun to decline.
China has now turned around, and suddenly returned to the original point. China has begun to engage in diplomatic relations with the Third World. For example, in the 1960s, the relationship between China and Pakistan has been good, and the two sides have exchanges in all aspects. Later, China assisted many projects in Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Highway is a strong proof of China's diplomatic achievements in the Third World in that era. In order to build this highway, hundreds of Chinese Railway Soldiers lay on this land.
China not only actively seeks diplomatic breakthroughs around my country, but also makes a lot of diplomatic investment in Africa. Only in the 1960s, Premier Zhou Enlai personally visited African countries three times and brought a large number of modern industrial equipment and construction projects to these countries.
For example, in 1968, China sent its own prospectors and construction workers to Tanzania to build the Tanzania-Zambia Railway . Not only that, China also sent PLA instructors to help Tanzania train the army. Later, when Tanzania and Zambia faced the invasion of Uganda , applied the PLA’s three-three system combat mode to perfection and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop. Therefore, the Tanzanian army also has a nickname on the Chinese Internet called " East African Liberation Army ".
has fixed the third world countries that occupy the majority of seats in the United Nations,Almost even half of the win. After all, for China to return to the United Nations, we still have to hold a meeting at the United Nations, and everyone has the final say in voting. If this is the case, then you have to pull the head. However, the next half are all the old capitalist countries in Europe, which is not so easy for a socialist China.
However, there seems to be no room for discussion on this matter, but there is a mystery inside. In the 1950s and 1960s, because Europe had just experienced the devastation of World War II, all cities and industrial facilities were destroyed. If they want to develop, they have to take money to rebuild. At that time, the United States made a fortune from the war. Therefore, if they want to get the money, they have to rely on the United States. However, Europeans, especially the British and French, are old imperialist countries. When I was working on an empire where the sun never sets, you have not yet been born in America!
France has been pursuing the " Gaullism " at that time. For the United States, it is a routine operation. The French have always believed that "Europe is the Europe of the Europeans, and France is the France of the French!" In 1960, France created nuclear weapons in spite of the strong opposition of the United States. These Gauls can be said to be the biggest thorns in the entire western camp.
So, Zhou Enlai first summoned the French ambassador to China, and wanted to explore the opposite voice. Unexpectedly, the effect is not bad. The French said: China's return to the United Nations, of course, we welcome with up our hands!
The French say this, of course, not just because of "Charles de Gaulleism."The beams formed by Britain, France and the United States have to start with the Suez Canal War in 1956. At that time, the Suez Canal in Egypt was always controlled by the British. As a result, a man named Nasser came out of the Egyptians. He said that he wanted to recycle the Suez Canal and drive the British out.
On the right is Charles de Gaulle
Now the British quit, and they couldn't beat the Germans in World War II, and now they still can’t deal with you? So Britain took France, along with Israel's mortal enemy in the Arab world, to clean up Egypt. Britain and France had thought that they would defeat Egypt, and then they would be able to occupy the Suez Canal and collect tolls without any worries.
As a result, the United States was hit halfway and their wishful thinking was crushed. The United States and the Soviet Union put pressure on Britain and France at the United Nations and said: For the future of mankind and the peace of the world, we do not agree that you continue to occupy the Suez Canal. You should return the canal to others! Of course, England and France are not happy in their hearts. You, the United States asked us to surrender the Suez Canal. Why do you still occupy the Panama Canal ? You don't have to play like this, right?
Seeing that the United States and the Soviet Union were pressing harder by step, eventually surrendered control of the Suez Canal under pressure from the United States and France. But they have since reached a consensus: you can't believe the Americans even if you kill them! At that time, the Chiang Kai-shek group in Taiwan had always occupied the legal seat of China in the United Nations. Of course, their foreign policy and voting had always followed the American eldest brother. This was of no benefit to European countries such as Britain and France.
Therefore, when China found the United Kingdom and France to express their desire to return to the United Nations, they both felt very happy. If New China returns to the United Nations, it can break the situation where the United States and the Soviet Union are fighting against each other in the United Nations Chamber. You just can't ask for it!
and the approval of the United Kingdom and France is solicited, so Canada is naturally easy to talk about. You know that Britain was once the sun never set empire. There are colonies of the British Empire all over the world. Although these colonies are now independent, as the former suzerainty, Britain’s remaining power is still . Britain can still influence the political trends within these former colonies. Even in order to obtain some international political resources, these former colonial countries will take the initiative to come to please Britain. Therefore, once Britain agrees to China's return to the United Nations, other former colonies will naturally look out for the wind.
The Empire State Map
In 1970, the proposal to restore China's legal seat in the United Nations was submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for voting. The result was 51 votes in favor and 49 votes against. Among the more than 120 member states of the United Nations at that time, this number was already close to half. As long as China works harder, it will draw a few more votes in favor or even a few abstentions. China can return to the United Nations.
In 1971, fifteen more countries announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, and they did not recognize the so-called "Republic of China" in Taiwan. In addition, the Soviet Union's attitude towards China's return to the United Nations has always been: I don't take the initiative to propose a proposal, but if someone proposes, I will vote for it. In this way,The big trend has gradually turned to China.
The United States has no way to stop it. In desperation, the US government sent diplomats to Taiwan to discuss with Lao Chiang, can have two Chinas, or one China and one Taiwan in the United Nations? Chiang Kai-shek was not too confused, and rejected the suggestion of the Americans to "fish in troubled waters". There can only be one of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China!
October 26, 1971, history will always remember this day. With 76 votes in favor, 17 abstentions, and 35 votes against, New China officially restored its legal seat in the United Nations. The five-star red flag fluttered in front of the United Nations Headquarters for the first time. Qiao Guanhua laughed, Zhou Enlai laughed, and the Chinese people laughed. This day has finally come.
Time passes slowly, but the background of history never fades. From 1971 to now, New China has been a permanent member of the UN Security Council for almost half a century. We are also playing an increasingly important role in the various decisions and actions of the United Nations. Peacekeeping construction, environmental protection, fighting the epidemic, ensuring global food security, and eradicating poverty. We are always struggling to be on the front line of all mankind. As such a responsible big country, China will surely get more help on the road in the future.
Chinese peacekeeping force
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