At the beginning of the seventies, Sino-US relations were still in a state of "freezing". The hegemonist United States has provoked wars everywhere and undermined regional tranquility, and slogans such as "Down with US imperialism" have been posted everywhere in the country. These slogans reached Nixon's ears on the other side of the ocean. When he visited China in 1972, he asked in front of *** and others: "Why do you want to bring down US imperialism".
**Respond humorously in three words, easy to dissolve.
How exactly did the Chairman answer?
Down with US imperialism
One day in July 1971, a foreign man wearing glasses, a suit and a newspaper in his hand approached our staff.
He pointed to the Xinhua News Agency's English version of the text "The people of the whole world unite to defeat US imperialism and their lackeys" and asked us what was going on.
He saw this newspaper from the house in Building 5 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, hoping that the Chinese side had misplaced it.
When the staff heard this, they immediately paid attention to it. Because the person who came was John Holdridge, assistant for East Asian affairs at the US Committee and an assistant to Kissinger.
After Nixon came to power in 1969, he deliberately wanted to open exchanges with the Chinese side and find ways to express his willingness to visit China and gradually normalize Sino-US relations.
Holdridge followed Kissinger on a secret visit to China, but he was no ordinary figure.
They are shouldering a heavy responsibility on this trip, which is to test China's attitude toward the United States and its views on Sino-US relations, and to prepare for Nixon's official visit to China.
The stakes are very high, and the Chinese liaison personnel immediately reported the matter to **. If the text of a newspaper affects the situation that is not easy to open, the gain outweighs the loss.
In fact, this is not the first time that Holdridge has seen China trying to bring down US imperialism, and Nixon and Kissinger have known this for a long time.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the United States has always been hostile to and suppressed China, and has also colluded with the Kuomintang to interfere in the Taiwan issue and obstruct China's reunification.
In addition, the United States has been waging wars in China's surrounding areas, which has greatly threatened China's security and sovereignty, resulting in almost no direct friendly exchanges between China and the United States for more than 20 years, and some of them have only met each other on the battlefield.
The United States practiced imperialism and continued to expand abroad, invading Korea, Vietnam and other countries.
In 1970, before the Vietnam War was over, the United States attacked Cambodia again.
The US first instigated Cambodia's second-in-command Lon Nol to take advantage of Sihanouk's visit to launch a military coup.
Nixon's purpose was simple, he planned to establish a ** regime in Cambodia, thus changing the defeat of the American army in the Vietnam War. For this reason, the United States has unscrupulously intervened in Cambodian politics.
Immediately afterward, Nixon prepared to send troops to Cambodia despite the opposition of the public and some politicians.
In late April of the same year, the heads of state of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos met and issued a statement that the three countries opposed the US invasion and that several countries would unite against the United States.
On the 30th, Nixon announced that he would send troops to Cambodia.
This is naked hegemonism by the United States, which is trying its best to spread the flames of war to the entire Indian region.
When he met with Le Duan, he made it clear that China would firmly oppose the expansion of the war of aggression by the United States and support Sihanouk in opposing US imperialism and its allies.
He pointed out that it is not the people of Vietnam, Cambodia and other countries who are afraid of US imperialism, but the United States who is afraid of the people of the whole world
Later, with the help of ***, on May 20, ** issued a statement that the people of the world would unite to defeat the American aggressor and all his lackeys.
When Nixon saw it, he was anxious and immediately asked Kissinger to analyze the intention of this statement, worrying that Sino-US relations would return to the original point.
Before Kissinger and Holdridge came to China, Nixon and the two were worried about our attitude towards their visit to China, because China's slogan of "Down with US imperialism" was very loud.
After the two got off the plane, they also saw relevant slogans posted everywhere.
Now, Holdridge found the newspaper in a special place in his room at the State Guesthouse, and inevitably reacted a little bit.
Three-word response
During Holdridge's secret visit to China accompanied Kissinger, he saw the English-language edition of China's first newspaper in the State Guesthouse, openly calling on the people of all countries to unite to defeat US imperialism.
He immediately approached the Chinese liaison to find out what was going on, and the matter was reported to ***
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, ** smiled and asked the liaison to reply to Holdridge:
"That's a cannon!”The Americans always shouted that they wanted to destroy communism, but they did not succeed, and the slogan "Down with American imperialism" is the same.
Although the company issued a statement to bring down US imperialism, it also hoped to engage with the US head of state and constantly convey this to the US side.
On October 1, 1970, a very important day for China, our country held a National Day event.
**On the upper floor of Tiananmen Square, he cordially met with American journalists** and his wife, and invited them to participate in **activities**.
He made this move in the hope that US politicians would understand China's intentions.
If China is hostile to the United States, how can it let the Americans climb the Tiananmen Tower and meet with the United States on National Day.
However, Nixon didn't understand what he was trying to say.
On December 18 of the same year, he invited ** to Zhongnanhai and asked the other party to help convey that no matter whether he would quarrel with Nixon or not, he was welcome to come to China in various capacities.
At this time, Nixon finally understood his good intentions, put his visit to China on the agenda, first sent Kissinger to inquire about the news, and then visited China in person.
On February 21, 1972, he embarked on a visit to China with carefully prepared gifts. The first thing he saw was *** and others who were already waiting at the airport.
After lunch, he accompanied him and Kissinger to his study to formally meet and talk with the chairman.
Although ***'s body is not very good, his eyes are still full of wisdom and acuteness.
In the course of the conversation, Nixon asked the question that had been hidden in his mind for a long time - why did he want to bring down US imperialism.
** Still humorously replied to the three words "air cannon", the Chinese text is broad and profound, and Nixon and Kissinger did not understand what he meant.
He explained with a smile that usually people like himself have fired a lot of empty artillery, such as overthrowing imperialism and all reactionaries, and personally, maybe Nixon and Kissinger are not among the ones to be defeated, and if they are defeated, they will have no friends.
After saying that, everyone laughed.
This conversation with ***, coupled with the meeting between the two again in 1976, left a very deep impression on Nixon, and he sincerely admired the wisdom and strategy of the chairman.
of wisdom
In 1972, when Nixon met with *** for the first time, he asked why he brought down US imperialism. ** smiled and replied that it was a "cannon", and a few years later criticized the new ** Ford of the United States with these three words.
After Nixon's visit to China, just when China and the United States thought that the establishment of diplomatic relations was just around the corner, he ended his second term early because of a political scandal, and Ford became his first person.
In terms of attitude toward China, Ford and Nixon are somewhat different. On the one hand, he wants to make friends with China, and on the other hand, he wants to continue to make a fuss about the Taiwan issue.
In November 1974, shortly after he was elected, he sent Kissinger to visit China and told China that the United States was willing to "use the Japanese way to resolve the normalization of Sino-US relations," but that the United States wanted to set up a so-called "liaison office" in Taiwan Province of China.
Taiwan is only a province of China, so what is the point of the United States setting up a liaison office here?This has violated China's sovereignty and violated the Shanghai Communiqué signed by Nixon and *** in 1972.
It emphasizes the "one-China principle" and says that the liberation of Taiwan is China's own affair and that other countries have no right to interfere.
Therefore, when Deng Gong talked to Kissinger, he directly said that China could not accept it.
In December 1975, when Ford visited China, he flaunted his military might in front of China, made exaggerated remarks, and shouted that he would wait for the United States to be ** next year, and Sino-US relations could be normalized in imitation of Japan's way.
** Didn't get used to him, humorously said that the Chinese side had no capital, so it let off empty cannons.
Ford did not understand the chairman's words and replied that he did not believe what *** said. The Chairman did not explain, but continued to joke, causing everyone to laugh.
He was full of confidence that he would be re-elected in **, but he failed. He bragged about it, and there was no way to achieve it.
** wisdom, not many people can match.
However, the United States has never given up on the road of imperialism, which has brought great disasters to the people of the world.
During the Vietnam War, 3.3 million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians were killedFrom 1970 to 1973, the U.S. military continued to drop bombs in Cambodia, killing a large number of peopleIn the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War, countless people were displaced and hundreds of thousands of people died.
In the process of US foreign expansion, the voice of opposition to hegemonism and imperialism has never disappeared and has become stronger and stronger.
In order to maintain their world hegemony, the Americans have blood on their hands.
The more the United States wants to seek hegemony, the more it does not know that the extremes of things will inevitably be opposed. At present, more and more countries are joining the ranks of anti-imperialism and anti-hegemonism, and the prestige and status of the United States are declining.
The people of all countries yearn for and cherish the hard-won peace, and the United States has repeatedly provoked armed conflicts in many regions, causing peace in all regions. Sooner or later, he will become a street rat, and everyone will shout and beat him.
When the time comes, "the people of the whole world unite as one to defeat US imperialism and its fox friends" will no longer be a "cannon shot", but will become a fact!