Zhou Enlai was the prime minister under Mao Zedong. Zhou made the following comment in a discussion with U. S. President Richard Nixon on February 23, 1972: "You know our policy. We don't discuss our policy. We of course support revolutions raged by the peoples of the world, but we don't send a single soldier abroad. The revolution of any country must depend on the people of their country. That was the case with George Washington, in your eight-year war of independence. Of course, at the time you had the assistance of the volunteers of Lafayette; they were not troops sent by the State of France." - - Zhou Enlai, 1972 Source: The National Security Archive What does the above statement say about China's government under Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai?

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Zhou Enlai was the prime minister under Mao Zedong. Zhou made the following comment in a discussion with U. S. President Richard Nixon on February 23, 1972: "You know our policy. We don't discuss our policy. We of course support revolutions raged by the peoples of the world, but we don't send a single soldier abroad. The revolution of any country must depend on the people of their country. That was the case with George Washington, in your eight-year war of independence. Of course, at the time you had the assistance of the volunteers of Lafayette; they were not troops sent by the State of France." - - Zhou Enlai, 1972 Source: The National Security Archive What does the above statement say about China's government under Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai?

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Gustavo Chandler · Answer 1

They support communist regimes but are not forcing states to revolt.

The communist government of China was opening talks with Nixon during the 1970s. The US was concerned about communist spread as they had been throughout the Cold War. In these talks they wanted to be reassured they could have a peaceful relationship with China. Chinese leaders are saying here they support revolutions in their right to revolt and become communists but will not send fighters. He does indicate that they would allow volunteers to fight but they would not be sent by the Chinese government.