"Ping-Pong Diplomacy"
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  • Home
    • Thesis Statement
  • Conflicts
    • bamboo curtain
    • shifting alliances
  • exchange
    • Surprise Invitation
    • Goodwill Visits
  • compromise
    • People-to-people Diplomacy
    • Nixon's visit to China
    • conclusion
  • Research
    • Process Paper
    • Bibliography

Compromise

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"目前,促使两国关系正常化,争取和缓紧张局势,已成为中美两国人民强烈的愿望。人民,只有人民,才是创造世界历史的动力。我们相信,我们两国人民 这种共同愿望,总有一天是要实现的。"
​"Currently, pursing normalization of Sino-American relationship and easing the tense situation have become the Chinese and American people's strong desire. People, only the people, are the driving force creating world history. We believe, this common desire from two nation's people will be achieved one day."​
​                                                                                                             -Zhou Enlai, toast on Nixon's visit to China, 1972. ​
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​It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76[1], that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to Chairman Mao, to Premier Chou[2], to the people of our two countries, and to the hope of our children that peace and harmony can be the legacy of our generation to theirs.
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​                                                                                                                    -Richard Nixon, toast on his visit to China, 1972

              [1]"The spirit of '76' was the name of a plane that carried Nixon to China in 1972. It was named to commemorate that America                               became independent in 1776.  [2] Chinese last name "Zhou" used to be translated as "Chou."
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