Mike Wallace's interview with Deng Xiaoping
Updated: 2014-08-21 21:42
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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Wallace: It seems that Chinese relations with capitalist America are better than Chinese
relations with the Soviet communists. Why is that?
Deng: China does not regard social systems as a criterion in its approach to problems.
The relations between China and the United States are determined in the context of their
specific conditions, and so are the relations between China and the Soviet Union.
Wallace: My producer says that I should ask you once again if you would like to meet
Gorbachev.
Deng: As I have said, if the Soviet Union can contribute to the withdrawal of Vietnamese
troops from Kampuchea, that will remove the main obstacle in Sino-Soviet relations. I
will say it once again: the Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea constitutes the main
obstacle in Sino-Soviet relations. The stationing of troops by Vietnam in Kampuchea has
actually turned Sino-Soviet relations into a hot spot. Once this problem is solved, I will
be ready to meet Gorbachev. To be frank, I am over 82, already advanced in years. I have
long since accomplished my historical task of making overseas visits, and I am
determined not to take any more trips abroad. However, if this obstacle in Sino-Soviet
relations is removed, I shall be ready to break the rule and go to any place in the Soviet
Union to meet with Gorbachev. I believe a meeting like that will be of much significance
to the improvement of Sino-Soviet relations and the normalization of relations between
the two states.
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