Under the Purple Mountain, the seal of peace
In Stone City in spring, the sycamore trees sprout new buds again. In October 1949, gun salutes rumbled in Beijing, but in Nanjing, the city that had witnessed the signing of the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, was staring at the handover of history with a complicated silence. At that time, the people standing in front of No. 292 Changjiang Road had no idea that the diplomatic chess game of an ancient Eastern country would produce such earth-shattering chess pieces in this land that had experienced bullying. In the first year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, 17 countries submitted olive branches expressing their friendship and willingness to establish diplomatic relations. This is not just a numerical breakthrough in diplomacy. It is more like Nanjing, the ancient capital with a rich history. From the memory of the humiliation it experienced and being forced to "open the port" by foreign powers, for the first time, it straightened its waist with confidence and handed out its own name card containing important information such as identity certificate to the whole world.
There was the sound of the water of the Qinhuai River carrying gold powder from the Six Dynasties, and there was also the sound of the water of the Qinhuai River reflecting the foreign ships passing by Xiaguan Pier. In 1953, when Premier Zhou Enlai met with the Indian delegation, he proposed the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence that sparkled with Eastern wisdom. Later, scholars in Nanjing found ancient echoes in the cultural blood of the city. Every brick and stone of the Ming city wall exists, and the birthplace of the person who made it is engraved on it, which seems to tell the simple truth of "mutual respect for sovereignty." In 1954, in the conference hall of Geneva, New China appeared for the first time as one of the five major powers. This made the citizens of Nanjing, while reading the Xinhua Daily, vaguely feel that the nation that had been silent under the sign "No Chinese and Dogs Allowed" was finally able to start a dialogue with other countries on an equal footing.
The waves of Xuanwu Lake reflect the cracks between the two camps
Many situations in the 1960s were even more confusing than the mist and rain above Taicheng. The Sino-Soviet debate and gunfire from Zhenbao Island made the once "one-sided" direction become full of fog and overlap. At this time in Nanjing, as an important point in the military region, the slogans posted on the streets reflected the beating pulse of the era of "fighting back with two fists." However, the tolerance inherent in this city has not disappeared due to external pressure. On the one hand, it is preparing to deal with powerful enemies in the factory area in Pukou. On the other hand, the sycamore trees at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum are still quietly spreading their branches, as if waiting for some kind of response from the other side of the ocean.
Time flies to October 1971, when the United Nations General Assembly voted like a thunder across the ridge of the Purple Mountain. China resumed its lawful seat in the United Nations and once again became a permanent member of the Security Council. That night, teachers and students on the campus of Nanjing University excitedly It is rumored that this city, which was once the capital of the Republic of China, was deeply sensitive to the four words "international status". The following year, Nixon's special plane landed in Beijing, and the "Sino-US Joint Communique" signed subsequently made Nanjing, once the "capital", feel the subtle warmth of geopolitics. Immediately afterwards, Sino-Japanese relations normalized, and those who had boarded ships from Shimonoseki Pier to study in Japan were finally able to build a bridge between their motherland and Japan that would no longer be blocked by war.
The Yangtze River Bridge sails from "a line" to an "invincible country"
On New Year's Day in 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued a document informing compatriots living on the other side of the Taiwan Strait; at the same time, on the other side of the ocean, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations. On the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, vehicles are driving continuously day and night. This bridge, known as the "Zhengqi Bridge", not only connects the south of the Yangtze River with the north of the Yangtze River, but also seems to symbolize the transformation of China's diplomacy from a clear "one line" strategy to a wider and more open waterway. In the 1980s, the spring breeze of peace and development blew through the Gongguan area of Yihe Road. Business companies and representative offices from various countries settled in the former villas. Adhering to the concept of "invincible country diplomacy", this ancient city is not only a key part of the political and military frontier, but also transformed into a window for economic and cultural exchanges. In the shadows of the lights at the Confucius Temple, smiling faces of various skin colors began to appear.
By the Yangtze River, the global echo of a thousand-year cultural context
The expression "autonomy and autonomy" is wrong. Is it "independence and autonomy"? The following is rewritten after correction: When the curtain of the twentieth century slowly fell, the bipolar pattern suddenly collapsed, and the world became a more complicated puzzle. Nanjing, a thousand-year-old city that has experienced Yi Guan's voyage to the south, Zheng He's voyages to the West, and the opening of the port in modern times, relies on its unique historical depth to demonstrate good-neighborliness, friendship, and independence in the new era. The normalization of relations between China and Vietnam, the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, and the establishment of the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation were immediate. In Nanjing's archives, local chapters corresponding to them can be found: perhaps a construction aid project for a certain factory, or an exchange of international students at a certain university.
Today we are in Nanjing. When we stand at the crenellations of the Ming City Wall and look out, one side shows the snow-like cherry blossoms of Jiming Temple, and the other side shows the picturesque skyline of Hexi New Town. In the past, this place was the starting point for the Ming Empire's "thick to the smallest" strategy of paying tribute, and it was also the end point of the humiliation brought about by the "Jiangning Treaty"; it has witnessed hundreds of years of changes from "one-sided" to "a community with a shared future for mankind." The memory of diplomacy carried by this city has long been engraved on every city brick and in every street and alley. It is silent, but with its smoke-like atmosphere of the Six Dynasties and the international style of the new era, it tells the world all the inner logic and deep feelings of a nation from standing up, becoming rich, and then becoming strong. It is a kind of calmness, a kind of calmness after going through wind and rain. It is a kind of confidence, which is rooted in a deep foundation. It is like the Yangtze River, mighty and majestic, rushing towards the world.
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