December 5, 2014, marked the 40th anniversary of President Ikeda meeting with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Lin Liyun, a member of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee who interpreted for the Zhou-Ikeda meeting, recalls the encounter:Not only was President Ikeda eager to meet Premier Zhou, but Premier Zhou, though his serious illness left him in no condition to see anyone, went out of his way to meet President Ikeda . . . The premiers illness had taken a severe toll on his body, so the Soka Gakkai president naturally took the elder mans arm in support. Premier Zhou held President Ikedas gaze in silence for some time before he said, We meet at last. Communicated in his gaze was an unspoken expectation that President Ikeda, with his insight and dynamism, would assume in the years ahead a leading role in Japan in the promotion of peace and goodwill between their countries. Premier Zhou entrusted that task to him.That, I feel certain, was what passed between the two at the time.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:25:02 +0000
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