After the founding of New China, the great powers of various countries are still eyeing our country, which has put a lot of obstacles on our country, especially the United States.
However, after this, successive US presidents have had special comments on Chairman Mao, and they have to admit that this is a respectable and admirable opponent.
Development of Sino-US relations
1961, the 44-year-old Democratic candidate, Kennedy , a slim advantage in the defeat of Republican opponent Nixon , becoming the youngest president in American history.
The young and energetic Kennedy just took over White House showed his difference from his predecessor Eisenhower, especially in foreign policy. Kennedy began to consider changing the policy of the United States to stifle and blockade the new China over the past decade, and began to improve relations with the new China.
Kennedy puts China policy on the agenda, mainly with the following backgrounds: First, the consolidation and development of the New China regime is an undeniable fact; second, problems arise in Sino-Soviet relations.
Third, the research on the new China's nuclear weapon is progressing rapidly and is about to cross the nuclear threshold; Fourth, many new independent countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have joined the United Nations , and the camp of the third world continues to expand. The United States' most important allies, Britain and France, have also improved relations with the new China.
Americans have realized that long-term isolation of China, which accounts for one-quarter of the total human population, will not work.
At the same time, the leaders of the New China have also expressed their willingness to improve relations between the two countries on various occasions.
On October 22, 1960, Chairman Mao talked with him in a targeted manner about the US election that had entered the white-hot at that time, and started a TV debate between Kennedy and Nixon.
Shortly after Kennedy was elected president, Chinese ambassador to Poland Wang Bingnan immediately expressed to the United States in Warsaw talks that he hopes the Kennedy government will "make achievements in the progress of Sino-US relations."
After Kennedy took office, in addition to continuing to maintain contact with the Sino-US Warsaw talks, he also wanted to expand contact with the New China through the Geneva meeting that resolved the Laos issue, and was preparing to invite the New China to participate in the negotiations on restricting nuclear weapons.
Kennedy was still understanding the situation in China. After knowing that we were experiencing a grain shortage, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of a grain shortage in China to open the door to Beijing. At the end of that year, a trading company in Seattle, USA applied for an export license to export 400,000 tons of grain to New China.
The US Department of Commerce refused to issue a license, which caused the Kennedy administration to lose another opportunity to improve relations with China.
After three failures, Kennedy completely missed the opportunity to improve Sino-US relations during his term.
However, Kennedy's desire to repair Sino-US relations does exist, and Kennedy has also studied Chairman Mao, the leader of our country at that time.
In July 1965, Cheng Siyuan and his wife returned to China. A week later, Chairman Mao received Cheng Siyuan and his wife in Zhongnanhai .
After meeting, Chairman Mao first cared about the life and work of Cheng Siyuan and his wife, and asked about his education and his work experience over the past few years.
Cheng Siyuan told Chairman Mao that US President Kennedy had always wanted to study China before, and "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" is a very eye-catching set of works on his desk.
Watch "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" is not as simple as wanting to understand China. A Kuomintang friend and Cheng Siyuan said that Kennedy discovered the shining points of Chairman Mao's thoughts and also wanted to be able to use Mao Zedong Thought to do things.
For this reason, Kennedy also summarized Chairman Mao’s thoughts and summarized them into a sentence: “If the investigation is not enough, no decision is made, and if the conditions are not prepared, no action will be taken.”
There is more than one American president who admires Chairman Mao’s thoughts and Chairman Mao himself.
"A Giant in Modern Chinese History"
Kennedy's rule was a turning point in the United States' policy toward China.
During this period, the United States has had some new ideas on China's policy and has planned some adjustment plans.
These measures have laid the foundation for the normalization of Sino-US relations in the future.
Nixon considered the world pattern at that time and had already developed the idea of opening up Sino-US relations, but he had no chance. The information spread by the article
Snow and the information sent back by the American table tennis team all indicate that Chairman Mao welcomes him to visit China.
Nixon began to study Chairman Mao.
He read the English version of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", read the introduction materials about Chairman Mao's situation produced by the US intelligence agencies, and read the biography of Chairman Mao that he could find, including "Red Stars Shining in China" written by Snow.
Just when the United States was throwing a stone to ask for directions, an international event strengthened Nixon's determination to go to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao as soon as possible.
In October 1971, the 26th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a proposal on restoring all legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations.
China has become one of the permanent members of the United Nations. It is no longer possible to deal with China in major international affairs.
But Nixon was still worried that after he met Chairman Mao, he could not reach an agreement on some major issues and even started arguing.
So he sent Kissinger to secretly visit in China.
Kissinger's secret visit to China brought back the sincerity of China. After analyzing the international and domestic political situation, Nixon finally decided: to visit China, meet Chairman Mao, and resolve some major issues between China and the United States.
Nixon attaches great importance to visiting China. The White House of the United States has made a lot of serious preparations, not to mention it, Nixon himself has also made a lot of preparations.
He heard that the Italian film master Antonioni made a documentary "China" that was very influential in the world, so he quickly got this film and watched it carefully.
The focus of watching this film is to understand Chairman Mao’s leadership style and how prestige Chairman Mao has among the people.
Nixon learned that Malroe, who had served as the Minister of Culture in France, had met Chairman Mao. Just a few days before his visit, he invited him to the White House and asked him to introduce what kind of person Chairman Mao was, his personal style, his personality, his habits, etc.
At that time, Malro was not young, but he was in good health and in good spirits, and was very talkative.
He had already guessed that Nixon knew that Chairman Mao was interested in visiting China, so he enthusiastically described the scene when he met Chairman Mao.
Finally, he told Nixon: "You will face a giant."
Marro also told Nixon that there was a mysterious atmosphere around Chairman Mao.
Nixon was mentally prepared, but he was still a little worried.
In the end, Nixon's trip to China went very smoothly. China and the United States published the " Joint Communiqué ", and Sino-US relations began to develop towards normalization.
At that time, after Chairman Mao met with Nixon, Nixon returned to the hotel and said excitedly to the reception staff: I feel very happy that I can have a long and extensive conversation with Chairman Mao on current major international issues today.
He said: What surprised me was that Chairman Mao was so old, his thoughts were still so clear and sharp, and he was still so concerned and paying attention to major international issues at present. The greatness of great men in history lies in the vitality of their spirit and thoughts. Chairman Mao is a great man full of thoughtful vitality.
Nixon also said, "No matter what people think of Mao, no one can deny that he is a soldier who thinks he is fighting for the last breath."
After Chairman Mao and Nixon first met, the two established a friendship.
Chairman Mao is a person who values friendship. After Nixon resigned because of " Watergate Incident " , Chairman Mao still treated Nixon as an old friend, cared about him very much, and kept in touch with Nixon through the diplomatic department.
Nixon is sick, and Chairman Mao also expressed his concern and condolences to him through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, shortly after Nixon's second visit to China, on September 9, 1976, the Central Committee issued the "Hide 7 Letter to the Whole Party, the Army, and the People of All Ethnicities of the Country", announcing in great pain that Chairman Mao had died in Beijing on September 9, 1976.
" People's Daily " has published condolences from foreign heads of state, head of government, brotherly parties and friendly people for many consecutive days.
On September 14, the People's Daily published the following text in this column under the title of "Former US President Nixon's Statement": Xinhua News Agency September 13, 1976: Former US President Richard Nixon issued a statement on the death of Chairman Mao Zedong on September 9.
statement said: "Chairman Mao Zedong passed away at the age of 82, ending his lifelong Long March . He is a man with extraordinary courage and firm thinking. He worked until the last few days of his life."
Nixon said that the reason why Sino-US relations have made major breakthroughs and the reason why China and the United States can develop in the direction of friendship again should be attributed to Chairman Mao's far-sightedness.
Chairman Mao is an extremely outstanding person among the great revolutionary leaders. He not only has in-depth research on the problems of the Chinese people, but also has a deep understanding of the world situation.
Nixon said that Chairman Mao was not only a revolutionary, but also an imaginative poet.
Nixon did not understand "Tang poetry and Song lyrics", but he deeply loved Chairman Mao's poems.
When I visited China for the first time, Nixon and his party made a short stop at Hongqiao Airport after landing according to the scheduled flight plan.
During this period, Nixon also happily ate a bowl of meat dumplings and a bowl of bean paste dumplings .
According to the former cadre of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government who participated in the reception task, what impressed him was that when Nixon stepped into the terminal building and saw Mao Zedong's poems on the front wall, he immediately stopped and fluently recited " Qinyuanchun·Snow " in English.
Le Jingen said: "This really surprised us. It can be seen that Nixon put in his efforts. He had a strong interest in Chinese culture and made full preparations."
He wrote in the book "Leader":
"Mao's willpower produced his extraordinary charm. When I met him, I felt that his willpower was somehow a characteristic of physical fitness. His most vivid poem was written in the middle and after the battle of the Long March."
" When he wrote about the struggle, it was particularly fierce. The uplifting scene in the struggle, he seemed to mention the training of will, just like the situation of muscle training others said. He encouraged his comrades with this quality to complete an epic task like the Long March, because it made him and thus made them seem invincible. "
The condolence message sent by the Ford , who took over the heavy responsibility of the US president from Nixon, also made a very high evaluation of Chairman Mao. Ford said that Chairman Mao is an outstanding figure in our era and a giant in modern Chinese history.
Ford believes that Chairman Mao’s actions will have a far-reaching impact on history not only on China, but on world history.
All the presidents of the United States have made extremely high comments on Chairman Mao. Clinton once said that Mao Zedong is worthy of the world leader.
And, Clinton also noticed the popularity of "Mao Zedong fever" around the world. He believed that Americans should study the essence of Chairman Mao's thoughts well.
American society has indeed continued for a long time with the "Mao Zedong fever".
It is reported that after the inauguration of US President Obama ended on January 20, 2009, the U.S. Embassy in China soon sent the official Chinese translation of the inauguration speech of the US State Department's International Information Bureau to the email address of the media contact.
A translator who is well versed in Chinese wrote in the end part of the translation: "...Let us hit the water again in the cold wind. No matter what storm comes, it will be indestructible."
The "climbing water in the middle" uses Chairman Mao's famous quote.
In his lyrics "Qinyuanchun·Changsha" written by Chairman Mao in 1925, he wrote: "Have you ever remembered that you went to the middle to hit the water, and the waves stopped the flying boats." The words implied the belief that man conquered nature.
is a perfect match. There is also a similar scene in the second season of the TV series " White House Storm " that became popular in the United States in the past few years.
In the play, Sam and Toby are senior staff members who write speeches specifically for the president.
When the two discussed a speech, this conversation occurred:
Sam: "The speech must make people's heart beat faster and make the ground sound... We have to say that this is a 'permanent revolution'."
Toby: "How come this sounds so familiar?"
Sam: "I see from a book...Red Book."
Toby: "Do you think we can quote Mao Zedong in the speech?"
Sam: "But we do need a 'permanent revolution'."
Sam: "But we do need a 'permanent revolution'."
Sam: "However, many characters, events and scenes in "The Storm of the White House" are adapted from the real situations that have happened in the White House.
Therefore, this conversation conveyed at least the message: senior White House staff were very familiar with Chairman Mao’s famous quotes, even to the point of being casually quoted.
Among American politicians, there are also people who like to quote Chairman Mao’s famous quotes, and Obama’s campaign opponent McCain is one of them.
The Los Angeles Times published an article in July 2008 that McCain answered the question when canvassing votes: "...I think to solve this problem, thousands of flowers should be allowed to bloom together."
The newspaper quoted classics and mentioned that McCain's "broad of flowers" originated from the "broad of flowers" campaign proposed by Chairman Mao in 1956, but McCain's flowers bloomed a little more.
In many bookstores in the United States, you can usually see different versions of Chairman Mao’s biography.
Several bookstores near Harvard University display Chinese and English texts of "Quotes from Chairman Mao".
American Times Life Publishing Company once published a picture album " Humanity 1000 ", which included a famous quote from Mao Zedong: "Where there is oppression, there is resistance." Among the 100 people included in the book
, this quote from Chairman Mao was included.
According to a Chinese scholar, in American universities and research institutions, for scholars engaged in social sciences such as political science and international relations, Chairman Mao’s works such as " Contradiction " and " Practical Theory " are all must-read books.
Therefore, it is completely reasonable that politicians and scholars are impressed by the sentences in Chairman Mao’s works.
Although Obama has never met Chairman Mao, he admires Chairman Mao’s political ability, political literacy, and methods of governing the country.
Obama once made a high evaluation of Chairman Mao in his speech, especially his internal affairs and diplomacy.
He said: "As a politician who has never been abroad, after he gained overwhelming support in China, he made China's presence in the world very outstanding in the field of diplomacy."
" There was a period when Mao Zedong was not afraid to confront our United States and walked along the way."
"It can be seen that the ruling party has received unambiguous support in its own country, and the people take the world as their responsibility. On some occasions, in order to defend the country and the future of the country, they will pay many costs. Only when a country has such strength can diplomacy have fundamental strength. The power of the country lies in the people, and the power of the people is the power of diplomacy and the most basic principle of diplomacy."
" This is the deepest part of my feelings about Mao Zedong's diplomacy. "
Obama's evaluation of Chairman Mao was undoubtedly pertinent and accurate.
Chairman Mao's diplomacy not only changed China, but also changed the world. This is the evaluation of former US President Carter on Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao is the person Carter admires the most in his life. He not only often mentions Mao Zedong, but also pays tribute to Chairman Mao at the Sino-US symposium.
On September 9, 1976, when Chairman Mao passed away, Carter was just a candidate for the US presidential candidate launched by the Democratic Party.
Although he had never seen Chairman Mao, Carter was a person whom he admired the Oriental giant He gave a warm evaluation: "The improvement of US-China relations was achieved under the leadership of Chairman Mao, and I hope that the US-China relations will be strengthened rather than weakened in the future. "
This evaluation is also regarded as one of Carter's political views.
In his later years, Chairman Mao always regarded the normalization of Sino-US relations as his last wish, and tried to guide the relationship between the two countries in a healthy direction in his own special way.
In the US election in November 1976, the incumbent President Ford thought he could win the re-election, but he lost to Carter.
One of the reasons is that Chairman Mao invited former President Nixon to visit China in February of that year, and intervened. Criticized Ford's policy toward China.
This was the last time Chairman Mao met with a step down foreign leader during his lifetime.
After Carter took office as the 39th president of the United States, he immediately revised the Ford government's policy toward China. Starting from July 12, 1978, he held negotiations on establishing diplomatic relations with China for nearly half a year.
Through the joint efforts of both sides, on December 16, 1978, China and the United States passed a joint communiqué on establishing an ambassador-level diplomatic relations.
Chairman Mao's wishes were finally realized.
Chairman Mao's contribution to the world is It cannot be described in words.
Two US Presidents Bush and Bush Jr. Father and son once commented that Chairman Mao was the hero of the Chinese people and the hero of the Chinese nation, and that heroes and great men exceeded national boundaries.
Bush Jr. also said that after his father returned to the United States from China, he brought back a set of books and treasured them for a long time. That is the largest-circulated book in the world - "Selected Works of Mao Zedong". It can be seen that Chairman Mao has not only had a huge impact on China, but also more of the world The history of the world has a huge impact.
There may not be any politician in the world who has so many readers.
In China, in addition to party, government, military cadres and intellectuals who hold various positions, there are more common people. There are many articles in Chairman Mao’s works that express profound truths in simple and clear language, which are especially suitable for public reading.
The famous collector Ma Weidu said in an interview in 2010:
"Mao Zedong has many words that are very infectious, and many young people today have not read it. If I read it, I think it is very interesting. For example, what we must read at that time were the third articles " Serving the People ", "Commemorating Bethune" and "Foolish Duke Moving Mountains". "
" Mao Zedong's three articles can still be used as a model essay for middle school students, but not everyone can tell what's good about it. In fact, some of Mao Zedong's articles are very approachable... I think it is very, very difficult to write articles in this way. "
In the eyes of international people, Chairman Mao is always so wise and has a keen insight into the world situation.
Forever miss the great Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao's achievements do not need to be repeated too much. He is always the leader of the party, the founder of the new China, and the guide to lead the people to light.
Chairman Mao's spirit is worth learning from. We should remember Chairman Mao's deeds. Chairman Mao's expectations for China are also the direction of our efforts.
We will always miss the great leader, Chairman Mao.
References
"Amazing evaluation of 12 US Presidents on Chairman Mao"
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