Case in point:
Posted on 05/14/2008 5:28:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON - Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday.
The powerful chairman of the Chinese Communist Party said he believed such emigration could kickstart bilateral trade but could also "harm" the United States with a population explosion similar to China, according to documents released Tuesday by the State Department on US-China ties between 1973 to 1976.
In a long conversation that stretched way past midnight at Mao's residence on February 17, 1973, the cigar-chomping Chinese leader referred to the dismal trade between the two countries, saying China was a "very poor country" and "what we have in excess is women."
He first suggested sending "thousands" of women but as an afterthought proposed "10 million," drawing laughter at the meeting, also attended by Chinese premier Zhou Enlai.
Kissinger, who was President Richard Nixon's national security advisor at that time, told Mao that the United States had no "quotas" or "tariffs" for Chinese women, drawing more laughter.
Kissinger then tried to highlight to Mao the threat posed by the Soviet Union and other global concerns as he moved to lay the groundwork for restoring diplomatic ties a year after Nixon's historic visit to China.
But Mao dragged the talks back to the topic of Chinese women.
"Let them go to your place. They will create disasters. That way you can lessen our burdens," Mao said.
"Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you ten million," he said.
Kissinger noted that Mao was "improving his offer."
Mao continued, "By doing so we can let them flood your country with disaster and therefore impair your interests. In our country we have too many women, and they have a way of doing things.
"They give birth to children and our children are too many."
A shrewd diplomat, Kissinger seemed to turn the tables on Mao, replying, "It is such a novel proposition, we will have to study it."
The two leaders then spoke briefly about the threat posed by the Soviet Union, with Mao saying he hoped Moscow would attack China and be defeated.
But Mao again lamented, "We have so many women in our country that don'’t know how to fight.
The assistant Chinese foreign minister, Wang Haijung, who was at the meeting, then cautioned Mao that if the minutes of the conversation were made public, "it would incur the public wrath."
Kissinger agreed with Mao that the minutes be scrapped.
But when Kissinger joked that he would raise the issue at his next press conference, Mao said, "I'’m not afraid of anything.
"Anyway, God has sent me an invitation," said the Chinese leader, who coughed badly during the talks.
Mao died in September 1976. US-China diplomatic relations were restored in 1979.
I bet those 10 million women would have found “sponsors” pretty fast! BTW, I’m just waiting for someone cleverer than me to time this thread in with the recent polygamy stories.
Who know he had such a wacky sense of humor?
Such a dear sweet child. I have little doubt that if she desired, she could find a loving, caring, compassionate home in America.
The one in the upper-left (with the purple lingerie) doesn’t look Chinese to me, but no complaints here — she’s the fairest of the bunch.
I think you are right. I posted the picture because on Google the partial title was “Absolutely beautiful Chinese...” After you posted, I went to the site and she is wearing “Absolutely beautiful Chinese jacquard strapless basque with lace-up back, slimming waist and detachable garters.” Sorry, my bad.
Perhaps you didn't realize that it's about China's overpopulation problem and not about feminism. China had lot's of schemes to solve the problem:
"The phrase one child policy is commonly used in English to refer to the population control policy (or Planned Birth policy) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Chinese government introduced the policy in 1979..."
You are right...she is wearing purple...I somehow missed that the first time.
Kissinger and Nixon didn’t know they had “straightlegs” in China, or they maybe would have accepted the deal.
No, it isn't about China's overpopulation. It's about Chairman Mao offering to sell 10 million women to the United States. And evidently, Chairman Mao didn't have a very high opinion of China's women.
"Let them go to your place. They will create disasters. That way you can lessen our burdens," Mao said.
Case in point:
Not to disparage the prowess of FR’s men, but in my opinion some of you have really strange tastes when it comes Chinese women.
Some may even believe that the news
What’s up, Chi-newb? Let’s make a deal: You send us your young fair maidens and we’ll send your our workers “willing to do the jobs Americans won’t.”
I don’t think any of those women would have been included in the 10,000,000.
I know that’s all you think about.
Neither do you.
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