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里根总统84年4月16日会见中国学生时的讲话

作者：gadfly

里根在84年4月访华之前，于16日会见过12名华盛顿DC的中国学生，20分钟后接
受了几位中国记者的采访。参加活动的人员估计是大使馆安排的，其中有陈家骅
也不奇怪。

Remarks at a Meeting With Chinese Students Studying in the United 
States

April 16, 1984
I just have a few minutes, and I know you've been in good hands here 
with the Vice President.

You represent 11,000 students from China who are here in our country 
now. And I don't know how much history you've studied, but you know, 
this all began many years ago in the history of your country when 
there was a situation -- similar to something we'd had in our own 
country -- called the Boxer Rebellion. And countries from Europe and 
the United States and others, we went in with armed forces to rescue 
our people who were there from this strife and trouble.

And as I have read history, all the other countries then imposed 
reparation payments on China except the United States. And the United 
States said, ``No, use our share as a scholarship fund to send your 
students here and ours to your country so we can get to know each other, 
and never again should there be any bitterness between our two 
peoples.''

So, you are coming along here as a very definite part of what I think 
is a nice note in history that hasn't too often happened between great 
nations. And you're certainly welcome, but we'd like to see the 11,000 
become a hundred thousand. And we're going to work toward that goal.

I'll probably be getting back to your country before you are. Why do I 
say, ``getting back to it''? [laughter] George has been there. I've 
never been there. It'll be my first trip, and I'm looking forward to 
it very much.

But I understand that the only way we can possibly have a chance to 
meet is that -- it's so crowded in here -- is if I step outside that 
door in the hall and then if each of you come out one at a time, and 
we'll all have our pictures taken out there and I get a chance to meet 
you individually.

But again, welcome. And I'll send them back in here.

Note: The President spoke at 3:27 p.m. in the Roosevelt Room at the 
White House. The 12 students, who are studying in the Washington, DC, 
area, were meeting with the Vice President and members of the National 
Security Council staff.

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