In February 1972, Nixon visited China and met *** and *** successively, which brought a turning point for the later establishment of diplomatic relations and the normalization of relations between China and the United States.
Four years later, also in February, Nixon visited China for the second time.
However, many things have happened in the past 4 years, Nixon is no longer the United States ** because of the scandal, and *** is still the leader of the Chinese people.
Despite this, Nixon was very touched by the cordial reception he received as if he were an old friend.
During this meeting, Nixon asked His Excellency the President, what do you think is your specialty? ”
Nixon was so impressed by the answer that he bowed deeply to the chairman.
So, how did you answer Nixon?
The turning point in Nixon's fortunes came on June 17, 1972.
That night, at the Watergate Building, the headquarters of the Democratic Party in Washington, D.C., security guards caught five suspicious people.
It was later revealed that they were all Nixon's men, and one of them was Nixon's chief security adviser.
They went to the Watergate Tower for only one purpose, and that was to spy on and steal the candidacy materials and data of the Democratic candidate.
To do this, they installed *** photocopies of some materials in the office of the Democratic Party headquarters.
After the five people were arrested, they were reported in the United States the next day, that is, the famous "Watergate Scandal".
Some say that this is one of the biggest political scandals in the United States, so the incident is also known as the "Watergate scandal".
The biggest blow to Nixon from the Watergate scandal was to let him end his second term early, becoming the first person in American history to end his second term because of the scandal.
After Nixon**, everyone walked away, and his life and career fell to the bottom.
But what he didn't expect was that in the far east, someone still regarded him as a friend, and this person was ***
In February 1976, Nixon came to China again with his wife Pat, and the others had been waiting for a long time. As soon as he got off the plane, he was greeted by the ** level, which made him a little overwhelmed.
At the same time, Nixon also had some sadness and regret, that is, the *** who came to pick him up in person in 1972 has passed away on January 8 not long ago, and will never be seen again.
Soon, Nixon met *** in Zhongnanhai
At this time, the *** body is not better**, and often accepts**.
Originally, non-leading foreign friends like Nixon could not be seen, but the chairman still received them, and he was as friendly to Nixon as he was back then, which made Nixon quite moved.
According to the regulations, each meeting of ** should not exceed 15 minutes, but they talked for more than 100 minutes and chatted very devotedly.
During this time, Nixon asked *** a question that attracted attention.
This meeting was different from the first one, and the conversation with Nixon was not about the current Sino-American affairs, but about the changes in Sino-US relations after 1972 and China's construction achievements.
At the time, this kind of topic was more suitable for conversation.
Nixon suddenly asked, Your Excellency, what do you think is your specialty? ”
After thinking about it for a while, he said with a smile: "I don't think I have too many specialties, but I still have them, and that is to serve the people!" ”
Hearing this answer, Nixon paused, then bowed to ***.
The reason why Nixon was so respectful was because the chairman's answer was quite clever, and while giving him the answer, he also gave him enough respect.
Serving the people "is the core of the mass line", stressing believing in the masses, relying on the masses, coming from the masses and going to the masses.
So, what does this have to do with Nixon's problem?
The reason why Nixon made the "Watergate scandal" is obviously a kind of distrust of himself and the masses -- in order to be re-elected, he actually implemented such a risky method as letting people spy on his opponents.
Distrusting the masses, Nixon was eventually abandoned by the masses. After the "Watergate Scandal" was fully fermented, the masses let him **, and he also stepped down early. This is the consequence of distrust of the masses.
Therefore, **'s answer was quite clever, and a simple sentence said what Nixon wanted to hear. It's a pity that Nixon listened too late at the moment, he was a thing of the past, and everything was powerless.
Nixon may have thought at the time that if he had asked *** this question in advance, he probably wouldn't have done so much later.
Nixon visited China as a non-** and still received first-class treatment, in addition to being friendly to Nixon, there was another reason, that is, "to fight for all the people who can be won over."
In his later years, he has been committed to restoring Sino-US relations, and Nixon's visit to China has brought an opportunity to Sino-US relations.
Later it turned out that the efforts of ** were not in vain. After Nixon returned to the United States, he had been campaigning for Sino-American relations, and he even said that he was influenced by the Red Ideology.
Sino-US relations also slowly normalized and successfully established diplomatic relations, as *** and Nixon wished.