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History tells that the first president who visited the People's Republic of China was the former President Richard Nixon in 1972. It marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the PRC, who at that time considered the U.S. one of its staunchest foes.
President Nixon held many meetings with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai during the trip, which included visits to the Great Wall, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. At the conclusion of his trip, the United States and the PRC Governments issued the Shanghai Communiqué, a statement of their foreign policy views and a document that has remained the basis of Sino-American bilateral relations.
It was believed that when President Nixon arrived in China, he met a certain man Mr. Yu - a smart and clever person. The president asked the man the riddle said, "There are 12 items you can give to 1.2 billion Chinese. Do you know what they are?"
Mr. Yu immediately answered, "Yes. They are the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals Mr. President, Sir ." And he named them one by one:
Mr. Yu gave a perfect and very correct answer because those 1.2 billion Chinese in that time were all born under the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals. I decided not to give the identity for each animals instead, I just included the links leading to the site where I got the information.
As recorded in 2017, the population of China has reached so far to 1.386 billion.
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