Nixon's visit to China was a major event in China in the last century, and Nixon's visit to China also marked the easing of Sino-US relations. China also attaches great importance to Nixon's visit to China. Premier Zhou personally received Nixon to attend the state banquet. After that, Nixon also went to the chairman's study to meet Chairman Mao. So what did Nixon talk to Chairman Mao this hour? Why did Nixon deeply admire Chairman Mao after the conversation?
Nixon's visit to China
In the 1960s, the relations between my country and the Soviet Union continued to deteriorate, and Soviet revisionism also criticized my country's revolution. Later, the Zhenbao Island incident broke out, and the relationship between our country and the Soviet Union deteriorated to the extreme. The Soviet Union stationed a large number of troops on our borders, hoping to threaten our country with this.
Premier Zhou received Nixon at the airport
0 The Soviet Union even threatened to use atomic bomb to flatten our country. Under various pressures, my country carried out the construction of third-tier , and moved all important industries and universities in our country to third-tier cities. The so-called third-line category means having enough strategic depth, or being in the mountains and deserts.
Nixon helped Premier Zhou take off his coat
At this time, the United States also wanted to seek an opportunity to break the ice with China, so Nixon, then President of the United States, decided to visit China. Premier Zhou personally received Nixon who had just got off the plane. Nixon looked at the red carpet and salute around and was slightly dissatisfied.
Furthermore, he saw a poster of "Down with the American Empire" in the corner, and he felt even more uncomfortable after translation. He began to doubt the sincerity of China's negotiations, but later he gradually lowered his guard of the guard of honor.
Nixon and Premier Zhou
at the banquet after Nixon attended the state banquet in Great Hall of the People . my country has chosen Huaiyang cuisine with a light taste as the main dish of the state banquet.
Mrs. Nixon at the banquet
Nixon and his wife had a great time at the banquet. Nixon also practiced chopsticks at home for a long time. This also shows Nixon's attention to this visit. Nixon was very satisfied with Chinese dishes. During the meal, Premier Zhou also clinked glasses with Nixon and drank Chinese Moutai .
Nixon and Premier Zhou drank Moutai
Premier Zhou also pointed to a box of panda cigarettes and said to Mrs. Nixon: "I want to give you a big gift." Mrs. Nixon thought it was a cigarette, but Premier Zhou said it was a pair of panda . This was undoubtedly a sensational news in the world at that time. Pandas were China's national treasure and had never been exhibited abroad. Pandas are extremely cute and mysterious to Americans, and this move has also won the love of many Americans for China.
Nixon and his wife accompanied by Premier Zhou
After meeting Chairman Mao, Nixon wanted to see the Great Wall of China, but unfortunately it started to snow heavily at night. The next day, Nixon actually found that there was no snow on the road, but the surrounding mountains were still covered with snow. Nixon asked the people who were accompanying him in confusion, and then he learned that it was the government that mobilized more than 100,000 people and swept away the heavy snow on Badaling Road overnight. Nixon was deeply moved and admired. He had never seen the people of any country be so united. So firmly supports the government's response. This is impossible in the United States where individualism is prevalent.
Nixon and his wife visited the Badaling Great Wall
Chairman met Nixon in the study
After the banquet, Nixon met Chairman Mao under the leadership of Premier Zhou, and Nixon also began a one-minute handshake with Chairman Mao. After shaking hands, Nixon began to look around. He couldn't believe that Chairman Mao lived in such a way. Needless to say, the magnificent pearls and treasures are all there. Even the furniture was old, and there was no other furnishing around it except bookshelf, two chairs, a table, a coffee table and a bed.
After sitting down, Nixon asked about Chairman Mao’s poster. Chairman Mao replied with a smile that Nixon said, is an empty cannon. Don’t you often shout to defeat socialism and eliminate the Communist Party of China.Don’t we all sit here and chat?
Chairman's words amused Nixon and also helped him relieve his defense.
Chairman Mao and Nixon's "century handshake"
After Nixon praised Chairman Mao and said, "You have changed the world." Chairman Mao said that I have not changed the world, I have just changed the surroundings of Beijing. If you say this, you have to ask the old Jiang on the other side whether he agrees with it. Later, the two talked about the Soviet issue, but the chairman said that I am old and I rarely ask about these things. You go and talk about these with Prime Minister Enlai, we only talk about philosophical issues.
Then Chairman Mao talked to Nixon about a series of philosophy issues, as well as the differences between socialism and capitalism . And he introduced some socialist system to Nixon. The more Nixon talked, the more interested he became. Chairman Mao himself had extremely high literary attainments. It was originally planned that Nixon and the Chairman would only meet for 15 minutes, but this chat lasted for a full 70 minutes.
Chairman Mao talks with Nixon
Chairman Mao also said to Nixon: Although our social systems are different, this does not affect our mutual respect. We are not hostile to the United States. Do you see if you have also withdrawn the troops around China a little? This is what Chairman Mao said about Nixon Vietnam War , and Nixon also readily agreed.
Nixon withdrew his troops in Vietnam
Nixon stood up and bowed to Chairman Mao, and said, "We can change the whole world together." Chairman Mao did not answer, smiled at him and went back to rest.
After Nixon left, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou said that Nixon also said that he wanted to change the world. I think the world changed him. I failed to get rid of my smoking habits several times, let alone change the world. Although Sino-US relations have broken the ice, there is still a long way to go to establish diplomatic relations.
Chairman Mao talks with Nixon
Later Nixon also wrote in his memoir :
"Chairman Mao Zedong is the most extraordinary person I have ever seen in my life. He is very talkative. When talking to him about philosophy, I am like a child who has been seen through, and I can only respond repeatedly. His wisdom and style completely conquered me." After the Watergate incident, Nixon was forced to resign, and he also became the first president in American history to resign. Nixon's reputation in China plummeted after resigning, but at this time, Prime Minister Ah Zhou still invited Nixon to continue his visit to China as a private person. Nixon readily agreed.
Nixon's memoir
Just like the scale of the visit four years ago, the same state banquet. Even the dishes were the same as Nixon's first visit to China. After the banquet, Nixon came to the study room four years ago to meet Chairman Mao. At this time, Chairman Mao had already struggled to speak, but he still chatted with Nixon for a long time. During the conversation, Nixon asked Chairman Mao: "What are your specialties?" Chairman Mao raised his glass with difficulty and said to Nixon: "My specialties are to serve the people!" Afterwards, Nixon bowed deeply to Chairman Mao when he left.
Reports from the United States after the Watergate incident
The impact of Nixon's visit to China
Nixon's two visits to China were with different identities. Nixon had already stepped down as US President when he visited China for the second time. At this time, Nixon came to China as a Chinese friend. But this time the impact is far less than the impact of Nixon's first visit to China. After Nixon's first visit to China, he decided to report to the World Communiqué about the content of his conversations on this visit to China, in order to prove his determination to establish diplomatic relations between China and the United States. However, when drafting the joint communiqué , the US side asked only to write about the common opinions of the two parties and not write about differences. Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou naturally saw through these tricks at a glance.
People's Daily published a Sino-US joint communiqué
At that time, the United States was the strongest country in the world, while China was weak in the international community.If the communiqué is written with consensus, then if it is spread, it will definitely be believed that China is compromising with the United States, so Premier Zhou insists on announcing the differences between the two sides. But Kissinger said angrily: "Does the world know that China and the United States are quarreling?"
Premier Zhou said to him that our social system is different, and it is normal to have differences. This is also well known. If we only write consistently and not disagreements, the world will feel that we are not telling the truth. After , after many negotiations between the two parties, he decided to face it in truth and not avoid differences.
Nixon also signed a peace agreement in January 1973 after visiting China, temporarily ending the US military's operations in Vietnam. Nixon's behavior not only met the demands of domestic anti-war personnel, but also saved the United States a lot of military expenditure, and also eased the tense relations between China and the United States. With the lead of the United States, a capitalist power, other capitalist countries, , have also established diplomatic relations with China.
People's Daily published a peace agreement in Vietnam signed
This is also the first time that the leaders of the two major powers of capitalism and socialism sat together and were a century-long meeting between the leaders of the two countries. Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou also paved the way for China's future diplomacy. After that, China and the United States launched trade, which also drove the development of China's economy.
It is Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou’s diplomatic style that makes our country not lose the gap in diplomacy with the superpower of the United States. We should keep their contribution in mind.
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