On January 8, 1976, a generation of great men passed away, and the whole country mourned.
After the news reached the international community, the United Nations decided to fly the flag at half-mast for seven days.
It stands to reason that when the head of ** dies, it is enough for the United Nations to lower the flag at half-mast for one day. This time they made an exception, which shows their respect for ***.
To this, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, Waldheim, replied:
There are two main reasons for lowering the flag to half-mast for seven days.
First: China is an ancient civilization with countless treasures, but there is no deposit.
Second: The Chinese population is large, accounting for a quarter of the world, but there is no child. ”
Although these two sentences are short, they depict a great life.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, ** took the initiative to cut salaries, wages fell again and again, and the standard of living was far from the standard of a prime minister.
Most of the wages received are either financed by relatives or donated to the state, and are rarely used for their own expenses.
In this way, the prime minister of a large country did not have a penny of savings after his death.
During the revolutionary years, Deng Yingchao lost her fertility due to work pressure.
He could have abandoned her for various reasons and remarried a wife, but he didn't.
He was not only a great revolutionary, but also an upright man and a competent husband.
After learning of ***'s death, many countries immediately sent messages of condolences to remember this international friend.
North Korean leader Kim Il Sung wept silently and submitted an application to our country for a visit to the country in order to send him off for the last time.
* In view of the death of the head of the country, there is no provision for a foreign head of state to see him off, and his request is politely refused.
Unexpectedly, Kim Il Sung offered to come to Beijing as a civilian to see him off, saying that he would see his old friend for the last time no matter what.
After some communication, Kim Il Sung finally wrote a deputy elegy and sent the vice premier to the portrait.
In addition to the DPRK, many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America sent messages of condolences to remember *** with a heavy heart
After talking about friends, let's talk about "enemies".
Nixon, the former U.S. man, said: "He was a great man and the American people should remember him."
The then U.S. leader Ford said: "He has made great contributions to breaking the ice between China and the United States, and the American people will not forget him."
After the Korean War, Sino-American relations fell to a freezing point, and there was no contact for nearly two decades.
In February 1972, Nixon visited China and personally greeted him at the airport, and the ice was finally broken between the two countries.
In addition to the United States, Japan** also sent a message of condolences at the first time.
Takeo Miki, then Prime Minister of Japan, said: ** is not only a great man in China, but also a great man in the world.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, ** discussed with Japan the issue of war reparations. In the end, under the *** proposition, China did not ask Japan for a cent of war reparations.
** Caring for the people of the two countries, with a broad mind and a lofty vision. It is a pity that some Japanese leaders later forgot their ancestors and tried in vain to repeat history, so as to live up to the painstaking efforts of his old man.
**After his death, only one major country did not send a message of condolence. The country is not England, nor France, but the USSR.
** During his lifetime, he went to the Soviet Union many times, where he studied, held meetings, learned from the experience of the Soviet leaders, and became comrades-in-arms with them.
It's a pity that with the bad relations between China and the Soviet Union, these friendships are not worth mentioning in the end. The USSR pretended not to know anything and did not say a word.
After his death in 1976, the United Nations flag was lowered at half-mast for seven consecutive days, and the international community was very saddened.
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