"Napoleon, the First Modern Politician" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2015 10:43 p.m. PST |
"The most famous statement from Richard Nixon's opening to China in the early 1970s emerged from an interaction between Chinese premier Zhou Enlai and Henry Kissinger. The historically minded Secretary of State asked Zhou for his views on the French Revolution. "It's too early to tell," replied Zhou. The answer was taken as evidence of Chinese leaders' supposed ability to take a long-term perspective on political events and is regularly generalized to serve as a warning against swift interpretations of historical occurrences. In fact, the diplomat who served as the interpreter for the meeting, Charles Freeman, has revealed that Zhou thought Kissinger was talking about the 1968 French uprisings, which occurred just a few years before their discussion, not the events in 1789. "I cannot explain the confusion about Zhou's comment except in terms of the extent to which it conveniently bolstered a stereotype (as usual with all stereotypes, partly perceptive) about Chinese statesmen as far-sighted individuals who think in longer terms than their Western counterparts," Freeman said…"
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Armand |
| Brechtel198 | 22 Dec 2015 7:34 a.m. PST |
Well done, Armand, and thanks. |
| Tango01 | 22 Dec 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| von Winterfeldt | 22 Dec 2015 10:54 a.m. PST |
better go directly to napoleon-series.org |
| sjpatejak | 28 Aug 2016 9:54 p.m. PST |
Considering that the French Revolution is the centerpiece of Marxist historiography, the quote always struck me as odd. |
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