目录 Contents Foreword: The Reasons Why I Wrote This Book 1 Prelude: Before the Visit 5 Chapter 1: First Day – Breaking Ice and Rules 15 Section 1: A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 17 Section 2: Arrival in Washington DC 25 Section 3: Escort Motorcade 33 Section 4: The Strong Delegation 41 Section 5: Family Dinner 50 Chapter 2: Second Day – The Best Yet to Come 61 Section 1: Arrival Ceremony 63 Section 2: Prelude to the Talks 72 Section 3: A Luncheon and the Second Meeting 80 Section 4: State Dinner at the White House 88 Section 5: The Gala 96 Chapter 3: Third Day – Contacts Started with Individuals to Groups 107 Section 1: Six Meetings 109 Section 2: First Visit to Congress 117 Section 3: Dengs Wife 124 Section 4: The Second Visit to Congress 131 Section 5: Two Speeches 138 Chapter 4: Fourth Day – The Thrill of Giving Over Taking 149 Section 1: Self-Introduction 151 Section 2: A Series of Events 157 Section 3: TV Interview 165 Section 4: Sino-U.S. Agreements Signed 172 Section 5: Reciprocal Reception 179 Chapter 5: Fifth Day – Atlanta and Deng, Symbols of Regeneration 191 Section 1: City of the “Phoenix” 193 Section 2: “I Also Have a Dream” 202 Section 3: Ford Assembly Plant 210 Section 4: Joint Press Communiqué 217 Section 5: Hundreds of Birds Pay Homage to the “Phoenix” 225 Chapter 6: Sixth Day – Mission, Not Safety, a Top Priority 235 Section 1: Leaving for Texas 237 Section 2: Takeoff to Space 244 Section 3: Meeting Overseas Chinese 251 Section 4: Incidents Impossible to Guard Against 260 Section 5: The Rodeo Night 268 Chapter 7: Seventh Day – Heading West in Two Groups 277 Section 1: Second Meeting with the Media 279 Section 2: Sino-U.S. Trade 283 Section 3: Oil Drilling Tools 291 Section 4: Going Separately to Different Cities 299 Section 5: Flying to Seattle 306 Chapter 8: Eighth Day – No Such Thing as a Free Lunch 317 Section 1: Fang Yis Mission 319 Section 2: The First Event 326 Section 3: Boeing Aircraft 333 Section 4: Overseas Chinese and Chinese Americans 340 Section 5: Talking Business with Investors 349 Chapter 9: Ninth Day – Encouraging Farewell to Overseas Chinese 361 Section 1: Similar Keynotes 363 Section 2: A Handwritten Inscription 369 Section 3: The Farewell Speech 377 Section 4: A Telegram to Carter 385 Section 5: End of Visit 393 Postscript: Thirty Years Later 407 Appendix: Itineraries of the Nine-Day Visit 417
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