Chapter 134 wish of a billion people

On the morning of December 16, one million copies of the People's Daily issue, which printed the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, were distributed in Beijing, the capital of China!The 800 million people of the great China and the 200 million people of the great United States have finally realized their sincere wishes for the past 29 years. People who have won the title in the streets and alleys are all smiling and rushing to tell each other.As a person who has studied in the United States, visited the United States, and has many American classmates and friends, how can I not feel doubly happy and encouraged?

I spent this day full of joy, sleeping on the bed at night, thinking of many nostalgic memories of my time in the United States, and I had a good dream all night.When I woke up and opened the curtains, I couldn't help calling out in surprise. It turned out that there was heavy snow falling outside the window!A thick layer of snow blanket is evenly spread on the roof tiles, railings, window sills... On the dense leaves of the pine trees, there are plump and pure white cotton boll-like snowballs.Everything was silent, and the fresh air seemed to smell the fragrance of pines and cypresses.What a bright snow scene!

At this time, I suddenly remembered that there was a news of strong wind cooling in the radio a few days ago. This is the first cold current of this winter. I vigilantly remind some of my friends who go to work and school around me to prepare for the cold to resist this whistling new wind.Who would have thought that the cold current from Siberia would meet the strong east wind on the mainland of China and turn into a snowy sky, nourishing the vast land of China and the hearts of the Chinese people, how timely and in tune with the emotions of the people Resonant Ruixue! From the snow scene in front of me, my memories of traveling in the United States emerged one after another on the silver screen: the snow on Weibing Lake, the snow outside the corridor of Sha Rang Hospital, the snow in the "Italian Garden"... …The characters in the snow scene include my American teachers, American classmates, American patients and their relatives and friends. These are my sympathy and support for me half a century ago, when I was nostalgic for my country, and I was sick at the end of the year. My comfort to the American people.They made me deeply feel that the friendship and sympathy among the people are extremely precious, and they have made great contributions to the unity and peace of the people of the world.What I am talking about is just my personal personal experience, but among the hundreds of millions of people in China and the United States, I know that I am by no means the only one who has had this experience.

During our country's revolutionary war, how many American friends shared weal and woe with us in the hail of guns and bullets, broke through layers of blockades, and reported the news of the arduous struggle of the Chinese revolutionary people to the revolutionary people of the world with great enthusiasm and detail.Through the many reports on the Chinese revolution represented by Mr. Snow's writings, we have won the sympathy and support of a wide range of readers in the United States and around the world.Here, I would like to express our most sincere thanks to these American friends who are friends in need!

In the past 29 years, although the diplomatic relations between China and the United States have not been normalized, the exchanges between the peoples of the two countries have not been interrupted.As far as I am concerned, my American classmates and friends have sent me letters and brought books; some friends—even alumni who have never met in person—have tried every means to visit China.In a tight handshake and an earnest conversation, they poured out the wishes of the 200 million people in the United States. They are the same as the 800 million Chinese people: they are all on both sides of the choppy Pacific Ocean, waving and calling each other from a distance.They long for the profound friendship between the two peoples to continue again.They hope that we can get closer and join hands to make our two countries, world peace and human progress, and make due contributions to the two great billion people of our two countries!

Today, the wishes of one billion people in China and the United States have come true.Over the past twenty-nine years, on the Friendship Bridge that we have worked so hard to build amid wind, frost, rain and snow, there will be thousands of happy people coming and going, each flocking to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, shaking hands warmly and talking cordially.We have a lot to talk about!In addition to talking about divorce, we also talk about ten years, one hundred years and the distant future.In science, education, culture, economy, and the great and arduous cause of promoting world peace and human progress, we have so much to say and do!

This short article of mine is just a very short preface. Our friendship has a long history, and our career is in the ascendant! Now is just the beginning, and it will be carried forward by the descendants of our one billion people.We will have a larger team, a more magnificent scene, and a brighter future... Now, let us cheer for this bright start!December 17, 1978 (This article was originally published in "People's Literature" No. 1, 1979)