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    After Chen Ke returned to Zhengzhou, he received a formal announcement from the U.S. Minister in China that Roosevelt invited Chen Ke to visit the United States.  In the past, no matter what kind of invitations or major international conferences there were, Chen Ke always sent people there.  This time Chen Ke readily agreed to the invitation.

    "The reason why I am willing to go out now is of course that Roosevelt is very important, and the other reason is that I am no longer afraid of death." Chen Ke explained this at the Standing Committee meeting, "If it were before, I would be worried that something would go wrong with me.  , a lot of work will be interrupted. Now I no longer worry about it. Even if I die, most of the necessary material conditions are already in place. The role I can play in these aspects and the contribution I can make are no longer that big.  I can finally go abroad with confidence and boldness.¡±

    If anyone else had said this, this would have been considered arrogance.  This was said by Chen Ke, and the comrades of the Standing Committee were happy for Chen Ke.  The news of the successful nuclear weapons test excited the current team.  If this old guy Chen Ke can be reassured, it means that China's strength at this stage has indeed reached a level that satisfies Chen Ke.

    "Just go to the United States to relax and unwind." Li Runshi said with a smile.

    "I hope it can make me feel that it is worthwhile to go there." Chen Ke answered quite easily.

    Roosevelt did not expect that Chen Ke would actually agree to come to the United States in person, and a subtle sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.  No matter what the People's Party calls itself, in the eyes of senior American officials, Chen Ke is a dictator just like Hitler and Stalin.  The biggest characteristic of a dictator is that he never leaves the core of his power.  Once you leave the core of power for a long time, there will definitely be internal opponents working behind your back.  The transfer of power in China has surprised the upper echelons of the United States. Now that Chen Ke has decided to visit, it further proves Chen Ke's confidence in his own power system and Chen Ke's confidence in China.

    Since Chen Ke agreed to visit the United States, Roosevelt couldn't say: "I didn't expect you to come in the first place. Otherwise, if you pretend to be sick and don't come, let someone else do it." If this were the case, it would be a real international joke.  And Roosevelt really wanted to meet the Chinese dictator.  The reception plans were arranged intensively, and the United States was waiting for Chen Ke to visit the United States.

    On November 11, 1940, Chen Ke¡¯s special plane landed at the Washington Airport.  The outstanding performance of this four-propeller aircraft produced by China surprised the United States.  The plane flew directly from China to Hawaii. After refueling in Hawaii, it flew to Washington State for a brief refueling stop, and then flew all the way to Washington, DC.  Experts in the U.S. Air Force understand at a glance that China has the ability to build long-range strategic bombers.

    With Roosevelt¡¯s physical condition, it was certainly impossible for him to go to the airport to greet Chen Ke. The person who came to greet Chen Ke was Harry Truman, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Defense Planning.  This particular position meant some unspoken statements, and Chen Ke didn't care that the United States had already stated that they were ready to go to war.  Even if the fight between China and the United States really reaches a fever pitch, a single Chinese nuclear bomb can destroy an entire Yankee aircraft carrier formation.  Even in a competition with conventional forces, given the current level of the US aircraft carrier fleet and fighting under the same conditions, Chen Ke does not believe that the United States can defeat China.

    After reviewing the honor guard of the three services at the airport, Chen Ke, accompanied by Truman, drove to the White House.

    Harry Truman described his first meeting with Chen Ke in his memoirs, "Except when playing the Chinese national anthem, Chen Ke showed respect for the music he had written. At other times, Chen Ke was like a Roman Empire soldier.  Like the great emperor, he went to the White House under my guidance. He could understand every action and explanation I made very clearly and accurately. This person obviously positioned me in the role of a guide and waiter, although my job was indeed  He was the waiter who led the way. For me, Chen Ke did not show the slightest interest. During the process of going to see President Roosevelt, all the actions Chen Ke completed were the simplest and clearest actions required to complete this short trip. He  He didn't mean to treat me or other greeters any differently at all. I neither thought he was arrogant nor could I think he was humble. It was as if all human curiosity and things outside the order were not present in this de facto leader of China.  The same existence exists, although Chen Ke does not have the reserved feeling unique to cynics"

    Chen Ke didn¡¯t think too much. Anyway, someone always has to lead the way.  Since his purpose was to go to the White House to meet Roosevelt, Chen Ke only wanted to complete the actions required for this purpose.  Taking a car, riding a bicycle or walking makes no difference to Chen Ke.

    President Roosevelt met Chen Ke at the entrance of the White House. After the two exchanged greetings, they quickly entered the living room.  The two leaders who can determine the future destiny of the world immediately discussed the strategic relationship between the two countries and the future world situation.  Of course, Chen Ke wanted to reiterate China's position on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence with the United States, saying that China has no intention of going to war with the United States.

    What major countries fear most is misunderstanding?What needs to be done between Roosevelt and Chen Ke is a discussion between the two sides' basic positions and basic national policies.  After these are determined, the explanation work of many specific actions of double-anticipation can proceed smoothly.  Of course, much of this work did not require Roosevelt and Chen Ke to finalize the details.  After these two people set the tone, it is up to the State Council and ministerial-level figures who preside over the specific negotiations to refine the details.

    The biggest obstacle between China and the United States is the issue of the United States inheriting British power. The mainstream elites in the United States are WASP, whiteAnglo-SaxonProtestant, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (descendants of New England colonists in the seventeenth century).  Britain is Anglo-Saxon, and it will be smoother for the United States, which is also Anglo-Saxon, to take over part of Britain's heritage.

    Chen Ke made it clear that China does not care about this matter. If the US goal is to promote globalization, China is even willing to support US actions.  Of course, Chen Ke clearly expressed China's opposition to the British colonial system.  He did not directly explain in words that if the United States followed the British in colonialism, there would be no possibility of an agreement between China and the United States.

    Roosevelt¡¯s policy was economic colonialism, and he was unwilling to pursue a policy of colonialism by force. The two sides quickly reached a consensus on this matter.

    ?The next discussion is whether there is the possibility of peace talks between China and Britain.

    Chen Ke said: "We have no intention to use force to eliminate Britain. Our goal is to destroy the world's colonial system. We hope to maintain peace with England, but I think at this stage, England may not agree to the peace we advocate."

    Roosevelt also knew the official attitude of China. Chen Ke used the standard New York Manhattan accent he established from American TV series and mixed grammar that was neither good nor bad. Roosevelt could understand it even by listening and guessing.  Roosevelt did community service when he was young. When it comes to grammar and tense, Chen Ke is not necessarily worse than many Americans.  Not to mention that there are professional staff nearby who translate it into more accurate American English.

    Of course, Chen Ke used England instead of the British Empire to refer to Britain, which contained a clear definition of the enemy by a politician. Of course, Roosevelt would not misunderstand the murderous intent contained in it.  This is far from the best solution that Roosevelt expected China to make concessions even on the territory of Australia and New Zealand.  China wants to completely knock Britain back to its original shape.

    Among the colonies of the British Empire, perhaps only Canada considered itself British. In addition, Australia and New Zealand, which firmly believed that they were British, did not have many white people left at this time.  In other areas, it is estimated that black people want to consider themselves British, and the British are firmly opposed to this.  As for the Indians, Roosevelt received news that many uprisings against Britain had broken out in India.  China has been behind the scenes and given many of the captured weapons to Indian rebels.

    Even within the British Isles, the Irish do not consider themselves British.  A line of Scottish kings became kings of England, but the union of England and Scotland was not actually implemented.  When the colonial system completely collapsed, England was really the only one left.  If Canada were not declared to be part of the United Kingdom, Canada would not even be considered the United Kingdom.

    After confirming the fact that China had made a clear-cut intention to destroy the colonial system, Roosevelt was unwilling to expend energy on Sino-British peace talks.  All that remains is for the United States to decide who to support on this matter, and to what extent.  What Britain lost in the war could only be regained through war.  This is the iron order of the world.  Chen Ke is obviously not a person who can be moved by persuasion.

    In fact, the issue that Roosevelt was most concerned about was China's attitude towards the current situation in Europe.  The United States can choose not to go to war with China for British interests, but once the United States is determined to fully dominate the North Atlantic, the world's largest economic circle, it is very likely to go to war with Germany, or even go to war with the Soviet Union.  Of course, the United States is not willing to take chestnuts from the fire for others, let alone be stupid enough to be the "pioneer for kings".  If the United States, Germany and the Soviet Union were fighting bloody battles and were exhausted, China with sharp eyes suddenly made a surprise attack on the exhausted countries and won the final victory in the battle for hegemony

    Roosevelt could not but consider this possibility.

    "I know that American isolationists are opposed to the United States participating in a world war. On this matter, we Chinese people and the American people are actually the same. When attacking the British, the Chinese people can still withstand the fighting. Because  We firmly believe that justice is on our side, even if it is for revanchism, the Chinese people who participated in the brutal war also believe that we have the moral high ground. This is very important." Chen Ke was two years older than Roosevelt, so during the conversation  He never uses honorifics.

    "But if I tell my comrades that there are a group of bad guys in other areas they have never been to, and then let them go to those areas to fight the bad guys and promote justice. I must say??This is actually beyond the understanding and tolerance of the Chinese people now.  And if after arriving in those areas, they find that what I said is actually inaccurate, then the Chinese soldiers will feel extremely uneasy or even frustrated.  I think it is an extremely irresponsible attitude to drag China into a war for world hegemony based on my own selfish interests or ideals. In practice, it is also an act of stupidity.  We are not willing to interfere in European affairs.  It is no longer possible to live behind closed doors in this world. After the war in Europe ends, both sides will eventually have to continue doing business. We are willing to wait until then"

    This conversation, which ultimately determined the most basic positions of China and the United States, took two days and a total of more than 20 hours.  Roosevelt finally understood China's position.  However, Roosevelt had no way to completely and clearly inform Chen Ke of the final position of the United States.  There is nothing that can be done about this. Chen Ke can dominate China's stance, but Roosevelt cannot.

    Afterwards, Chen Ke delivered another speech in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.  Of course Chen Ke knew about the "Iron Curtain Speech" delivered by Qiu Pangpang, a big speculator. Chen Ke had no hope that Qiu Pangpang could still succeed in this time and space.  Therefore, he is very willing to get this opportunity to publicly express China's attitude and position.  Chen Ke has been preparing for this for a long time.  Facing members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Chen Ketan said frankly:

    "Everyone, I have never concealed the fact that I am a communist. The China that I have worked hard to build is a country that adopts a socialist system. This is my ideal and the result of my hard work. If someone asks me  , do you think the capitalist system will die? I will always tell the other party very seriously that I think the capitalist system will definitely die. If someone asks if there will be a war when the capitalist system dies, I will also answer, yes  There may be a war.

    But I think this kind of war is not a war in which one country destroys another country, but an act of war carried out by the people within this country to resolve internal conflicts within the country.  This is not a war between China, a socialist system, and the United States, which wants to eliminate the capitalist system. It is an action taken by the American people themselves after the U.S. capitalist system has developed to its highest stage because it cannot resolve the deep-seated internal contradictions.

    As a communist, as a historical materialist, I must explain that the bourgeoisie plays a very revolutionary role in history.

    Wherever it has gained sway, the bourgeoisie has destroyed all feudal, patriarchal and idyllic relations.  It ruthlessly cuts off all kinds of feudal fetters that bind people to their natural superiors. It leaves no other connection between people except naked interests and ruthless "cash transactions."  It submerged the sacred outbursts of religious piety, chivalrous zeal, and philistine sentimentality in the icy water of egoistic calculation.  It turns human dignity into exchange value and replaces countless chartered and self-earned liberties with freedom of trade.  In short, it replaces exploitation masked by religious and political fantasies with open, shameless, direct and explicit exploitation.

    The bourgeoisie has wiped out the sacred aura of all professions that have always been respected and awe-inspiring.  It turned doctors, lawyers, priests, poets, and scholars into wage laborers it paid to recruit.

    The bourgeoisie has torn off the veil of tenderness and tenderness covering family relationships and turned this relationship into a purely money relationship.  The bourgeoisie revealed that the brutal use of human power so admired by reaction in the Middle Ages was supplemented by extreme laziness.  It was the first to prove what human activities can achieve.  It created miracles that were completely different from the Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic churches; it completed expeditions that were completely different from the Great Migration of Nations and the Crusades.

    The bourgeoisie cannot survive unless it continuously revolutionizes the instruments of production, and thus the relations of production, and therefore all social relations.  On the contrary, maintaining the old mode of production intact was the primary condition for the survival of all industrial classes in the past.  The continuous transformation of production, the constant turbulence of all social conditions, the eternal instability and change, this is what distinguishes the bourgeois era from all previous eras.  All fixed and rigid relationships, with their corresponding venerable ideas and opinions, were eliminated, and all newly formed relationships became obsolete before they could be fixed.  All that is hierarchical and fixed has evaporated, and all that is sacred has been profaned.  People finally have to look at their status in life and their mutual relationships with a calm eye.

    ¡­¡±

    Chen Ke quoted extensively from the Communist Manifesto without hesitation.  Someone once commented that when Marx wrote the "Communist Manifesto", his thinking was still based on the framework of Hegel's philosophical dialectics.  in ?During this period, Marx himself finally entered the realm of true historical materialism.  However, Chen Ke admired the "Communist Manifesto" for its high degree of generalization, profound insight, and profound writing skills.  Even for the representatives and spokespersons of this group of capitalists, Chen Ke never underestimated their IQ. Such a group of people can understand this.  Although they will also object to these.

    ¡°The Constitution of the United States expressly states that, ¡°The people of the United States, in order to establish a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the public welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, do this for the United States of America¡±  Develop this Constitution. History has proven that the United States chose capitalism in order to safeguard the interests of the American people, and the development of capitalism eventually eliminated slavery in the United States. This proves the revolutionary nature of the capitalist system.

    If we don¡¯t talk about revolution, democracy can be seen as a process of constantly eliminating privileges. The United States has also faced many crises, and each crisis has promoted American democracy.  In order to solve the crisis, the United States passed the Anti-Monopoly Law, which greatly promoted the economic development of the United States.

    ¡°These are clear proofs that the capitalist system continues to develop itself and continues to prove its vitality.

    Some members of Congress will ask me, if a war breaks out between China and the United States, what kind of war will it be?  And my answer is that if such a war occurs, it is not a war between the socialist system and the capitalist system, it is just a war between China and the United States based on national interests.

    As a materialist, I personally believe that we must first admit the existence of facts.  This fact refers to a physical fact, not an imaginary fact.  The material fact is that there is a capitalist system and a socialist system in this world.  Both continue to exist and continue to evolve.  And they can all use their own models to promote the progress of productivity and promote social progress and development.

    Similarly, colonialism still exists in this world, and the war launched by China is to destroy the colonial system in this world.  Push the world into an era that is more progressive, more civilized, and where everyone has more freedom.  Colonialism is a cancer that needs to be removed in today's world, and removal of this cancer requires the support of more advanced countries, but also relies more on the colonial people's struggle against colonialism.

    This is not a contradiction and struggle between the socialist system and the capitalist system.  On the contrary, I think this is an opportunity for cooperation between the socialist system and the capitalist system to join forces to push our world forward and continue to develop.

    Of course, after the colonies are liberated, some countries will definitely try to monopolize the liberated former colonial countries. The nature of the struggle triggered at that time is no longer the same as the struggle for colonies. It is a contradiction and struggle between countries and interest groups.  .  I think these two things cannot be confused, let alone deny the justice of the colonial liberation war just because of the contradictions and conflicts that may occur in the future.

    ¡­¡±

    This is a very important speech. Chen Ke implicitly stated that China is not willing to go to war with the United States. At the same time, he pointed out China's position in this war and China's definition of this war as "anti-colonialism."  "War attitude.  No matter what future generations think about China's annexation of Australia and New Zealand, China's action of granting Chinese citizenship to the people of all the merged areas itself represents China's attitude.  Colonial people do not have citizenship rights in colonial countries. This itself is a rule of the colonial era.

    Chen Ke¡¯s speech was called by later generations as the cusp of ¡°the complete collapse of the world colonial system.¡±
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