Chinese Sovereignty Quotes
During her adult life, she was the de facto ruler of China. This quotation is very important because it gives us an important insight into Chinese motives and historical drivers. The first reason is something almost all countries and cultures can identify with, but the second--to avoid being looked down—was just as important. Americans are relatively uncaring what the citizens of other countries think about them, but the Chinese do. So do other nationalities and cultures like the Arabs, the Iranians, many of the South American cultures. Often it takes on a different world like “dignity” or “respect”.
This was the first of what has come to be known as "the three communiqués" that were issued to open the way for Richard M. Nixon and Kissinger's opening of relations with Communist China. It articulates what has come to be known as the "one China policy," and has subsequently been reiterated by other American administrations.
China has historically been so large and diverse that unity was difficult and very rare. Also, the Chinese have had a very expansive view of what China was. The Chinese have seen Tibet, Mongolia, Vietnam, parts of Burma and much of Asia as a part of the “motherland”.
