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Toast at Welcoming Banquet

George Bush

May 7, 1982

I want to first thank you for a superlative dinner and magnificent hospitality.These are among the hallmarks of China.Barbara and I have a special regard and personal friendship for the people of China.Beijing is for us an old and nostalgic home.During our stay here we spent a great deal of time with the people—working, shopping, sightseeing, and the endle hours we spent touring the city on our bicycles.During that time we never experienced anything other than the utmost courtesy and genuine friendship of the people.Those were happy days.They were good days, important days.We were part of the dramatic proce which brought our two countries back together and set us on the road to full normalization of relations between the United States and China.It started with what Americans affectionately refer to as ping pong diplomacy.It moved through the decade of rapprochement.When relations between our governments and peoples expanded in such a dramatic fashion that they captured the full attention of the entire world.President Reagan in his recent letter to Premier Zhao, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Shanghai Communique, rightly observed that our relationship now extends into almost every field of human endeavor.This should come as no surprise.Your late Premier and esteemed statesman, Zhou Enlai, in welcoming President Nixon to China more than 10 years ago commented that, “the Chinese people are a great people and the American people are a great people.” Zhou Enlai’s words are as correct today as they were then.If he were still with us, he would be pleased with the progre we have made as our nations and our peoples become closer.Following the Shanghai Communique of 1972, relations between our two countries prospered, matured and evolved in such a way that the establishment of full diplomatic relations was the logical conclusion.Normalization brought with it recognition by the United States that the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of China and acknowledged the Chinese position that there is but one-China and that Taiwan is a part of China.This understanding is strongly supported by President Reagan along with the one China policy established in both the Shanghai and Joint Normalization Communiques.As representatives of two great peoples we not only have the opportunity but the obligation to make major contributions to the cause of global peace.It must be remembered that we share not only common interest in the face of hegemonist expansionism, but we share a common responsibility.We in the United States believe that our real strength as a nation lies not so much in our Army, or our Navy or the size of our national economy.It rests in the decency, and compaion of our people.It rests also in the value of our world.The president asked me to come to China because of the vital importance he places on the United States-China relations and because of his strong personal commitment to building an enduring relationship---one based on equality and mutual trust and understanding.While we are not so naïve as to believe that there are not some iues of difference to be discued, I also believe, as does the President, that our differences are greatly overshadowed by iues which bind us and strengthen our relationship.My visit is a symbol of the good faith with which we seek to build upon the strength of our friendship, our cultural and commercial ties and our important strategic relationship.Events of the past decade have confirmed time and time again that American and Chinese friendship and cooperation will flourish through the rest of this century and beyond.