This day, 11 September, in 1973, French President, Georges Pompidou, visited China, becoming the first sitting head of state from a Western European country to do so. Met at the airport personally by Premier Zhou Enlai, and Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, he would later go on to say to Mao Zedong, “In any case, Europe wants to be independent, and Asia also wants to be independent…”
1973年9月11日的这一天，法国总统乔治·蓬皮杜访问了中国，成为第一位来自西欧国家的现任国家元首。 周恩来总理和邓小平副总理在机场亲自会见了他，他后来对毛泽东说：“无论如何，欧洲想要独立，亚洲也想独立……”
