Since the end of World War II, China and Japan have been in a state of cold war, and intergovernmental exchanges have been interrupted, only a part of non-governmental exchanges have been maintained. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Sino-Japanese diplomacy faced a new test. Chen Yi, who just became Foreign Minister in 1950s, is looking for a breakthrough to open the diplomatic deadlock, which coincides with the visit of the Japanese Go delegation to China. Famous Go lovers seized this opportunity and suggested to Kenzo Matsumura, a famous politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan that "Go, table tennis, calligraphy and orchids can all be exchanged". Under the influence of his initiative, the Chinese and Japanese Go circles began to exchange visits.

196465438+In February, 29 famous Japanese Go players issued an appeal, calling on 8 million Japanese players to participate in the movement to restore diplomatic relations between China and Japan and collecting 30 million signatures. Non-governmental exchanges with Japan spread all over Japan. Comrade Chen Yi is also very concerned about foreign guests and foreign experts who are resident in China.

Chen Yi seized the influence of Weiqi in Japan (there are 8 million people playing Weiqi in Japan) and linked Weiqi with diplomacy. Under the enthusiastic promotion of Mr. Chen, Japanese chess celebrities jointly issued an appeal, demanding that the Japanese government change its China policy and normalize diplomatic relations at an early date. Today, when we see Chen Yi picking up a chess piece, thinking for a moment, and his finger is in the middle, we can't help but sincerely sigh Mr. Chen's great ambition and deduce a brilliant example in the diplomatic history of new China.