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1、A Western reporter asked Premier Zhou: "May I ask Premier, are there any prostitutes in China now?" Many people wondered: Why ask such a question? Everyone was concerned about how Premier Zhou would answer. Premier Zhou firmly said: "Yes!" The audience was in an uproar and discussions arose. Premier Zhou saw everyone's confusion and added: "The prostitutes in China are in Taiwan Province of our country." Immediately, there was thunderous applause.

This reporter's question was very sinister, as he set a trap for Premier Zhou. After China was liberated, all brothels in the mainland were closed, and the original prostitutes, after transformation, had all become self-reliant workers.

2、"In your China, obviously it's a path for people to walk, but why is it called '马路' (road)?" Premier Zhou replied without hesitation: "We are walking the path of Marxism, for short, road."

The intention of this reporter was to compare Chinese people to cattle and horses, walking the same path as livestock. If you really answered from the origin of the name "马路", even if correct, it would be meaningless. Premier Zhou interpreted the "马" in "马路" as Marxism, which was probably beyond the reporter's expectation.

3、When an American delegation visited China, an official once said in the presence of Premier Zhou: "Chinese people like to walk with their heads down, while Americans always walk with their heads up." As soon as this was said, it shocked everyone. Premier Zhou was calm and with a smile, he said: "This is not strange. Because we Chinese like to walk uphill, while you Americans like to walk downhill."

The words of the American official obviously contained great insult to the Chinese people. The Chinese staff present were all very angry, but constrained by the diplomatic occasion, it was difficult to strongly rebuke the other party's rudeness. If one swallowed one's anger and allowed the other party's humiliation, then where was national prestige? Premier Zhou's answer made Americans experience what was called softness with strength, and in the end, it was the Americans themselves who were embarrassed and awkward.

4、An American reporter, during the process of interviewing Premier Zhou, accidentally saw a Parker pen made in the United States on Premier Zhou's desk. The reporter then asked in a somewhat sarcastic tone: "May I ask Premier阁下, why do you Chinese, who are so grand, still use pens made in our United States?" After Premier Zhou heard this, he humorously said: "Talking about this pen, it's a long story. This is a trophy from the anti-US war given by a Korean friend and presented to me as a gift. I didn't accept it without merit. The Korean friend said, keep it as a souvenir. I觉得 it's meaningful, so I kept this pen from your country." The American reporter immediately was speechless.

What is called shooting oneself in the foot? This is a typical example. The original intention of this reporter was to sneer at Premier Zhou: Why can't you Chinese even produce a better pen and still have to import from our United States. As a result, Premier Zhou said it was a trophy from the Korean battlefield, and instead made this reporter lose face. Yes, wanting to compete with Premier Zhou, there's no way.

5、A Western reporter said: "May I ask, how much funds does the People's Bank of China have?" Zhou Enlai euphemistically said: "The monetary funds of the People's Bank of China? There is 18 yuan and 8 jiao and 8 fen." When he saw everyone's puzzled look, he explained: "The 10 kinds of main and subsidiary RMB banknotes issued by the People's Bank of China with denominations of 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 2 yuan, 1 yuan, 5 jiao, 2 jiao, 1 jiao, 5 fen, 2 fen, 1 fen, add up to 18 yuan and 8 jiao and 8 fen..."

Premier Zhou held a press conference to introduce China's construction achievements. This reporter raised such a question, there were two possibilities, one was to mock that China was poor, weak, and the national treasury was empty; the other was to try to spy on China's economic intelligence. Premier Zhou, in a high-level diplomatic occasion, also showed his witty and humorous demeanor, which was impressive.

[ Last edited by firstsail on 2008-7-29 at 01:06 PM ]

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