Selected classic quotations of Li Zhaoxing
1, 65438+February 23, 2003, Li Zhaoxing visited Xinhuanet, netizen 122 1 Q:? What do you think of Li Zhaoxing if others say that your looks are not pleasing? I really don't agree with this view. She is an ordinary woman in rural Shandong, who once made shoes for the Eighth Route Army. She is proud of my appearance. When I gave a speech at Ohio University, the largest university in America, 3000 students stood up and applauded me for three minutes. If my job makes foreigners feel that my motherland is beautiful, it is my happiness and glory. The local American professor told me that it seems that you attach great importance to your country and despise yourself. It's like an American proverb: Angels can fly because they look down on themselves. ?
2. The whole country in 2006? Two sessions? In fact, a reporter from Taiwan Province Province asked Li Zhaoxing: If you have the chance to talk to Chen Shui-bian face to face, what would you like to talk to him most? Li Zhaoxing immediately replied angrily: What qualifications do I have to speak in front of him? Who is he?
3. A reporter asked: Is it true that the Japanese media reported that you are about to retire? Li Zhaoxing asked: Do you believe the Japanese or me? If you believe him, don't ask me. ?
On one occasion, it was reported that the plane bought by the United States in China was loaded with * * *. An American scholar asked Li Zhaoxing's attitude. Li Zhaoxing replied:? China is a developing country. It is not easy for us to spend so much money on such a plane. I hope we can't spend less on things, but please don't take things we didn't spend money on? Send? Give it to us. ? Scholars are deeply impressed by this: your answer can be compiled into a diplomatic textbook. ?
5. When Li Zhaoxing was China's ambassador to the United States, an old lady asked him when he gave a speech at Ohio University. Why did you invade Tibet? After learning that the old lady was from Texas, Li Zhaoxing did not directly fight back. Youdezhou joined the United States in 1845, and as early as the middle of 13 century, Tibet had been incorporated into Chinese territory. You see, your arm is a part of your body. Can you say that your body violated your arm? The old lady was very happy to hear that. She gave Li Zhaoxing a warm hug. Thank you, thank you for letting me know the truth of history. ?
6. When Li Zhaoxing was a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a German reporter asked: Was Deng Xiaoping born at home or in a hospital? Li Zhaoxing asked. I don't know if you were in the hospital when you were in good health.
7. Li Zhaoxing has a strong Shandong accent. He said humorously: Shandong accent is really difficult to change, because it is the accent of Confucius, Mencius and Mozi's grandson, and the historical accumulation is too heavy. ?
8. Li Zhaoxing is proficient in English and French, and can watch plays performed in classical English quite easily without any obstacles. Later, someone asked him for verification, and he modestly denied it. I have studied Chinese for more than 50 years, and I haven't learned it well yet. ?
9. The reporter asked Li Zhaoxing about Chen Shui-bian's involvement in corruption in Taiwan Province Province. Li Zhaoxing said: It is not my responsibility to control the corruption of cadres in the province. ?
10, Hong Kong reporter asked: What do you think of Taiwan Province Province? President? Li Zhaoxing did not answer her question directly, but asked:? What in Taiwan Province Province? What president? Never heard of it, classic words! A province will not have a president. ?
1 1. Li Zhaoxing told a German reporter who asked about EU arms sales to China. We don't need to buy many advanced weapons from you. China is also a developing country. As a matter of fact, we don't have the money to buy so many expensive weapons from you. We are useless. ?
12. When a Japanese reporter asked Li Zhaoxing to comment on North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons, he modestly replied:? I think you may know more about whether North Korea has nuclear weapons than I do, in other words, I don't know more than you do. ?
13、? I have just expressed my views on the issue of Taiwan Province Province, so I won't repeat them. ? Subsequently, Li Zhaoxing changed the subject:? Can you keep it a secret about the so-called missile deployment? The audience was in uproar and the questioner was surprised. How can Ambassador China be willing to talk about such a sensitive issue! So he answered loudly:? Of course I can keep a secret! ? Ambassador Li smiled. I can keep a secret! ?
Li Zhaoxing's Iron Mouth Diplomacy
1982 In March, at the first press conference ever held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he officially appeared as an interpreter. In the face of many sharp questions raised by western journalists, Li Zhaoxing calmly responded. His wit and firmness left a deep impression on people, and he was praised as? Iron mouth Kouga? Diplomat.
After becoming the ambassador to the United States, Li Zhaoxing gave a speech at Ohio University. Another old lady asked him: Why? Aggressive Li Zhaoxing in Tibet changed his old style and did not directly fight back. After learning that the old lady was from Texas, he said: Your Texas joined the United States in 1848, and Tibet was incorporated into Chinese territory as early as the middle of 13 century. You see, your arm is a part of your body. Can you say that your body violated your arm? The old lady was convinced with joy. Finally, she warmly embraced Li Zhaoxing and repeatedly said: Thank you, thank you for letting me know the truth of history. ?
On one occasion, he negotiated with an American, and the other party said, I'm from China? Aggressive Tibet is very dissatisfied. Li Zhaoxing immediately asked him, do you know the history of Tibet? The other man shook his head. Li Zhaoxing said: I can explain it to you, but it may be a little difficult for you to understand, because when Tibet was incorporated into Chinese territory, there was no such country as the United States. ?
An American professor questioned Li Zhaoxing's attitude towards the bugging incident on the plane bought by the United States in China. He replied:? China is a developing country. It is not easy for us to spend so much money on such a plane. I hope we can't spend less money to install everything, but please don't take what we didn't spend money on? Send? Give it to us. ? Hearing this, the professor smiled and praised. Your answer can be compiled into a textbook. ?
During the period of 1999, the US-led NATO bombed the Embassy of China in Yugoslavia, and Li Zhaoxing, then ambassador to the United States, showed his toughness in this crisis. When an American reporter asked: Can you guarantee the safety of American diplomats in Beijing and other cities in China? You have been talking about the safety of the staff in your embassy. I want to know why you didn't ask the staff of China Embassy who was injured in Yugoslavia, and why you didn't ask me about the killing of China people in Belgrade. Li Zhaoxing explicitly asked the reporter about the American official's statement that the bombing of the embassy was attributed to mistakes. How to explain that three precision guided missiles will attack China's embassy in China from different angles? How do you explain this fact? How can you convince the people of China that this is? How can mistakes convince world public opinion of your explanation? In this crisis, Li Zhaoxing was considered by American media. Hardliners? How did the American newspaper describe Ambassador Li at that time? Face full of sadness and anger? .
In this most difficult period, Li Zhaoxing only slept for an hour or two every day. In addition to negotiating with the United States, he has always kept close contact with the highest level in Beijing, and with his rich experience and superb diplomatic wisdom, he has put forward a series of strategies to deal with specific issues in bilateral relations in this extraordinary period, which has played an indispensable role in adjusting and reconstructing the future framework of relations with the United States for policy makers.
For the dignity of the motherland and the nation, Li Zhaoxing has been in the United States many times? War of words? . On one occasion, he attended the American media? Big shot? Speech. When a reporter asked about the situation in the Taiwan Strait, he said calmly. I have just expressed my views on the issue of Taiwan Province Province, so I won't repeat them. ? Then he changed the subject and asked, Can you keep it a secret about the so-called missile deployment? There was an uproar under the stage, and the reporters who asked questions were surprised. Why did the ambassador to China talk about such a sensitive issue, so he replied loudly: Of course I can keep it a secret! ? Li Zhaoxing smiled and said, I can keep a secret! ?
Li Zhaoxing's family situation
His wife, Qin Xiaomei, was the Counsellor of China's Representative to the United Nations and the Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
My father-in-law is a famous diplomat, Qin Lizhen, the secretary of People's Republic of China (PRC), and the former director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. Li Zhaoxing have a son named Hehe. Hehe graduated from Beijing No.4 Middle School and was admitted to Tsinghua University. Later, he studied in America. 200 1 year, hehe graduated from college with the first place and found a job through the internet. In 2004, Hehe was admitted to the School of Business Administration of Harvard University.
In May 2000, Li Zhaoxing wrote a poem to He He, who was studying in the United States, and it was also his inner confession:
Do not forget who you are.
You are a friend of a friend.
You are a relative of a relative.
You are the son of the motherland.
This is the root of everything.
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