There are many tricks to welcome New Year’s Day, and wonderful activities are going on!

On the afternoon of December 31, the "Love in Baifuquan" New Year’s Eve event was held.Grand Canal Yuantou Ruins ParkHold. At the event site, acrobatics, face-changing, dancing, magic and other programs were staged in turn, which attracted the on-site tourists to applaud and applaud. In addition, every hour, the organizers also set up an interactive game session, so that visitors can get dolls through interactive questions and answers during the New Year’s Eve activities.
The scene is full of flavor, and the theme dolls of the Year of the Dragon also appear in the park, attracting many children to interact and take photos. "I brought my children to play today, just in time for the New Year’s activities here. I feel that the atmosphere of the New Year is particularly strong and particularly festive. The children of the Little Dragon people like it very much and are rushing to take photos with it." Ms. Zhou said.
New year’s day holiday,Juyongguan Great Wall Scenic AreaOpened the Great Wall at night andLeduogangIntroduce preferential policies for scenic spots.During 17: 00-24: 00 on December 31st, 2023 and 05: 00-08: 00 on January 1st, 2024., with the shopping receipt and employee ID of Leduo Port on the same day, you can enjoy half-price tickets for the New Year’s Eve; Beijing residence permit with Changping District resident ID card and residence address in Changping District, and student ID card in Chang University are free.
At the same time,Return to heaven areaThe Huilongguan Sports and Cultural Center and Tiantongyuan Culture and Art Center also held a "double venue" linkage. The activities lasted until the end of January 2024, and more than ten activities kept going, allowing residents returning to heaven to celebrate the New Year.
New Year’s Day holiday lasts for 3 days.Tiantongyuan cultural art centerNew Year’s cultural activities, such as a new book launch conference, a New Year’s Eve party, a performance of the drama "The Death of Spring" and a photo exhibition, were held to enrich the amateur cultural life of the residents who returned to heaven. At the same time, in Huilongguan Sports and Cultural Center, the 2024 "Playing Basketball Together for the New Year" basketball game was staged with passion, offering a New Year’s basketball feast for sports fans.
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How did the ＂New Year’s Day＂ in the history of China come about？ Do you know

"Source of this article: Shanghai Rule of Law Newspaper"
New Year’s Day, that is, January 1st of the Gregorian calendar, is commonly known as "New Year" in most countries in the world. Yuan means "beginning", and the beginning of every number is called "yuan"; Dan means "day"; "New Year’s Day" means "the first day".
"New Year’s Day" usually refers to the first day of the first month in the calendar. In China, the word "New Year’s Day" has existed since ancient times, and it was first seen in the Book of Jin in literary works. "New Year’s Day" in Chinese history refers to "the first day of the first month", and the calculation method of "the first month" was very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the dates of New Year’s Day (the first day of the first month) in previous dynasties were not consistent.
Lunar calendar start date
In the history of China, "the first day of the first month" has many appellations, such as New Year’s Day, Yuanri, Yuanzheng, Yuanchen, Shangri, Yuanshuo, etc., but among many appellations, "New Year’s Day" is the most common and the longest.
The calculation method of "the first month" was also very inconsistent before the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the new year’s day of the past dynasties is not consistent. The first month of the summer calendar in summer is spring January, the first month of the Yin calendar in Shang Dynasty is winter December, and the first month of the Zhou calendar is winter November. After Qin Shihuang unified China, October was the first month, that is, the first day of October was New Year’s Day. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it has been stipulated that January in spring is the first month, and the first day of January is called New Year’s Day, which has been used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The first day of the first month was called Yuan Zheng in Cui Yuan’s Ming of the Third Son of Chai in Han Dynasty, Yuan Chen in Yu’s Fu of Yangdu in Jin Dynasty, Yuan Chun in Yuan Hui’s Song of the Emperor in Summer in Northern Qi Dynasty, and Yuan Shuo in Tang Dezong’s poem Li Shi’s Returning from the Yuan Dynasty to Watch the Army Battle and Return to Camp.
The beginning of the solar calendar
In 1911, the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Manchu Dynasty and established the Republic of China. In order to "follow the agricultural season, follow the western calendar, and make statistics", the first year of the Republic of China decided to use the Gregorian calendar (actually used in 1912) and stipulated that January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called "New Year’s Day", but it was not called "New Year’s Day".
Representatives of provincial governors met in Nanjing and decided to use the Gregorian calendar, calling the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar "Spring Festival" and the first day of January of the Gregorian calendar "New Year’s Day", but it was not officially announced at that time.
On January 1, 1912, the Republic of China was proclaimed, and Sun Yat-sen took office as interim president in Nanjing. In his oath of office, Sun Yat-sen ended with "New Year’s Day of the first year of the Republic of China". This is the origin of "New Year’s Day" in China.
On September 27th, 1949, the first China People’s Political Consultative Conference decided to establish the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and at the same time, it also decided to adopt the universal method of the year, that is, the solar calendar. New Year’s Day refers to the first day of the first year of the year.
In order to distinguish the two New Years, the first day of the first month in the summer calendar is just before and after the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms. Therefore, the first day of the first month in the summer calendar was renamed as "Spring Festival", and the first day of the first month in the Gregorian calendar was designated as the beginning of the new year-"New Year’s Day", which was listed as a legal holiday and became a national holiday.
January 1st every year marks the arrival of a new year. People are used to calling this day "New Year’s Day", commonly known as "Gregorian Year", "Gregorian Year" or "New Calendar Year".
Festival culture
Modern New Year’s Day is listed as a legal holiday by the China government, which has become a national holiday. After a day off, we often adjust the weekend before or after that day, and generally rest for three days in a row. The celebration of New Year’s Day in modern China is much less important than the Spring Festival.
Comprehensive arrangement from Baidu Encyclopedia and Sanlian Life Weekly, etc.
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[Rui Caijing] ＂Open global trade benefits all countries＂

　　Since the beginning of this year, orders for container ships and bulk carriers from abroad in Qingdao Shipyard, Shandong Province have been full, and production orders have been scheduled for 2025. The picture shows a ship that is about to be delivered in Qingdao Shipyard recently. Photo by Liang Xiaopeng (Xinhua News Agency)

　　On May 24th, the 2023 Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit was held in Beijing with the theme of "Strengthening Confidence, Win-Win Cooperation and Building an Open World Economy". Representatives of trade promotion agencies and business associations from more than 30 countries and regions, diplomatic envoys in China, representatives of relevant international organizations and economic institutions, and representatives of Chinese and foreign enterprises attended the meeting. Participants said that it is the aspiration of the people to build an open world economy, and open global trade benefits all countries.

　　Economic decoupling brings extra burden.

　　According to the estimation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the total volume of international trade will only increase by 2.7% in 2022, which is significantly lower than that in 2021, and it is expected to slow down further in 2023, with an estimated growth rate of 1.7%.

　　Rousseff, president of the New Development Bank, said that after World War II, the internationalization of trade, finance and information flow promoted the process of globalization. Since 2008, this process has been in crisis. Under the influence of geopolitical conflict and COVID-19 epidemic, global uncertainty and instability are more prominent.

　　"Some countries pursue unilateralism and protectionism and try to adopt the so-called decoupling policy ‘ Contain ’ China, this practice is the main threat to the current globalization pattern. Unilaterally raising tariffs and blocking China’s semiconductor industry chain through the Chip and Science Act will only disrupt the global value chain and further aggravate globalization and division. " Rousseff said.

　　"We should not forget that open global trade has benefited all countries and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty." Klaus schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, believes that any step towards decoupling the global economy will bring an extra burden to global economic development. Decoupling from global trade and investment flows will further raise the current "fever curve" of the world economy, which is characterized by high inflation, high debt and low growth.

　　Klaus schwab said: "Only by working together to create a win-win situation can a new economic revival be realized. We have different interests, but we need global cooperation to turn crises into opportunities and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. "

　　Open cooperation breeds great opportunities.

　　In response to climate change and technological innovation, under the global change, how can villagers on earth share the development dividend?

　　"In the past 50 years, China has fully demonstrated how a country’s economic growth can promote common prosperity." Dominic barton, Chairman of Rio Tinto Group, said that the opening of China not only released a huge market, but also released the passion, intelligence and potential of more than 1.4 billion people. If this opening-up process is extended to "countries in the global south", covering more than 80% of the world’s population, it will not be a loss to the western world, but a huge opportunity.

　　The field of green energy is a typical representative of future-oriented cooperation among countries. "Energy transformation will give birth to new businesses, new formats and new models such as comprehensive energy services and energy big data, which will vigorously promote the interconnection of energy infrastructure and promote the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. It is estimated that 2021— In 2050, the global investment in the energy sector reached 131 trillion US dollars, creating a broad market space for revitalizing trade and investment. " Xin Baoan, chairman of State Grid Corporation, said.

　　Some multilateral platforms play an important role in the process of open cooperation. Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, said that in 2022, the AIIB provided a record $2.4 billion in climate financing, accounting for 56% of the total financing. In 2021, the major multilateral development banks contributed $82 billion in climate financing as a whole system, of which more than 60% went to low-income and middle-income economies.

　　"With the advent of the era of uncertainty, the performance of the multilateral system will determine whether mankind will achieve prosperity." Jin Liqun said that the long progress of human civilization clearly shows that we must turn to sustained global economic integration and multilateral cooperation.

　　The more interconnected, the more common prosperity.

　　"A key aspect of China’s contribution lies in its continuous promotion of building an open world economy" — — At the summit, many guests spoke highly of China’s pragmatic actions in opening up.

　　"In recent decades, China has become an important participant in Latin American trade and investment. China’s growing demand for raw materials and agricultural products in this region has greatly promoted Latin American exports and created important income and economic opportunities." Bolivian President Arce said in a video address that this summit will help promote understanding among different countries, explore new investment and development opportunities and promote the construction of a more inclusive global market.

　　"A healthy and balanced US-China economic and trade relationship is in the interest of both sides." U.s.-china business council President Craig Allen said. According to reports, in 2022, the bilateral trade volume of goods and services between the United States and China set a new record, and the export of goods from the United States to China reached a record high of more than 150 billion US dollars, an increase of over 20% over the past decade, from which enterprises and consumers of both countries benefited. According to US statistics, in 2022, US exports of goods to China will bring 1 million jobs to the United States.

　　Craig Allen said that American enterprises have clearly received the signal that China will continue to optimize its business environment and attract foreign investment. History shows that the more interconnected, the greater the possibility of common prosperity. We look forward to continuing to cooperate with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in the future and promoting the healthy development of US-China economic and trade relations through constructive dialogue and contacts.

　　At this summit, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) reached a series of consensus with the business representatives attending the meeting, forming the Beijing Initiative of the 2023 Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit. Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade will build more platforms and provide better services, better help the industrial and commercial circles of all countries to seize market opportunities, investment opportunities and growth opportunities, and make new and greater contributions to promoting the construction of an open world economy. (Reporter Li Wei)

　　People’s Daily Overseas Edition (03rd Edition, May 26th, 2023)

The movie channel 12.19 premiered the movie ＂Flowers in the Far Mountains＂ with the theme of left-behind children.


Special feature of 1905 film network "They are like seeds buried in black soil. They will bloom only after a spring rain. I want to tell their stories and let more people pay attention to the nurseries grown in this countryside. " The original author and screenwriter Wang Jie said.



After the publication of the novel "Flowers Bloom with Sound", which tells the story of left-behind children, it has aroused the care and attention of the whole society, and the expression and revelation of pure deep emotions throughout it have given the article a moving moment.


Their stories should be seen.This story with temperature was adapted into a movie three years later, which made more people see these small figures and these hearts eager for love and comfort.


At 18:05 today, the film channel premiered the film "Flowers in the Far Mountains", which won the audience’s praise and tears.



The movie "Flowers in the Far Mountains" takes place in Zhen ‘an County, Shangluo City, deep in the Qinling Mountains, and tells the story that Liu Xiaohui (Lin Wanying), a teaching teacher from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and Ma, the principal of Damai Village Primary School in Zhen ‘an County, deep in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province, and a group of left-behind children grow up together and heal each other.



Let’s approach this film focusing on the topic of left-behind children and rural education, and feel the warmth and love behind the film together.


"In the winter of 2009, when I first went to Yongshou County, Xianyang City, I met a 9-year-old girl. She was wandering on the road wearing slippers and holding a drug instruction. After sending her home, the child’s grandmother told me that the little girl’s mother died unexpectedly while working in foreign affairs. Since then, the child has never spoken again, but she recited the drug instructions to everyone. She didn’t go to school and couldn’t read, but she learned to recite the instructions sentence by sentence with her sister. I asked her why she recited this, and the grandmother cried and said,’ Her sister lied to her that if you memorized this, mom would come back.’ When Wang Jie, the screenwriter and original author of the movie "Flowers in the Far Mountains" told this story again, tears filled her eyes.



It was this experience that ignited the flame of Wang Jie’s story about left-behind children.In the process of film creation, in order to make the film closer to real life, the film creative team interviewed more than 20 teaching teachers from Nanjing about their life experience, teaching observation and mode of getting along with each other.


At the same time, the film selected 80% Shaanxi local actors. Under the role of local villagers and rural children, the simple sense of reality makes people cry again and again.



As a melodious piece of music sounded, a winding mountain road came into view. Liu Xiaohui, a young female teaching teacher played by Lin Wanying, came to the remote and backward Damaicun Primary School alone with deep thoughts on her mother’s death.



The distant mountains and villages here make her feel novel, barren and backward, which makes her heartache. When she sees that group of lonely and helpless left-behind children, her heart is broken.


In particular, I saw a special child, Zhang Chengfeng: he didn’t want to talk, and he liked to climb the tree to see the scenery. He was a typical problem child.



In order to help those young hearts open their hearts, Mr. Liu made a series of plans:She approached with her students.bighillExpress your heart.


"Mom and Dad, come back quickly, I miss you … …” A heart-rending call echoed in the valley.



Message games in English class to increase children’s interaction and self-confidence.But none of this worked for Zhang Chengfeng.After many twists and turns, one night, the sound of playing the piano came from the utility room of the school. Teacher Liu finally discovered Zhang Chengfeng’s secret:He often removes the door breaker on the back door of the utility room in the dead of night and hides here to play the piano secretly.



Teacher Liu’s mother is a musician, so everything related to music will evoke sad memories, but she saw a seed of love for music in the eyes of children and decided to throw away her psychological shadow, restart her music journey and sing emotionally with the children.



"I don’t care about the awards. I only care about whether the children have memories to be proud of when they recall Damaicun Primary School in the future."The teaching teacher played by Lin Wanying is full of simple and sincere taste. Her tolerance and love care for the young mind, using music.sweet dewMoisturizes the dry heart and warms our hearts.



President Ma, played by Walter WANG, is quite different. His severity seems a bit inhuman, but in the eyes of these children who can hardly meet their parents, he almost plays the role of a father, sparing no effort to accompany and educate the children.



Their interpretation is the epitome of teaching teachers in mountainous areas. It is they who give children warmth and strength with their beautiful years.


"In real life, almost every left-behind child’s heart is closed, and what they need most is to talk … … I hope that every child can open his heart and confide in his heart, blooming like a flower. " Wang Jie said.


This is the core of the film, the true meaning of education, and why the film can contain inspiring warmth and strength.



At 18:05 today, the movie channel will premiere the movie "Flowers Bloom in the Far Mountains" for you. They need more support and care.


Fifty years ago, the ＂war＂ in the automobile industry： the unsuccessful acquisition of Ford and Ferrari.

Source: Tiger Sniffing APP
Original title: If you don’t sell yourself, I will hammer you.
Author: Sun Mingyuan
On May 21st, 1963, Don Fryer, Vice President of Ford, and many senior executives arrived in Maranello. In a small conference room, there were all Ford and a team of professional lawyers at one end, and Enzo Ferrari and several local lawyers at the other end. At first, it seemed to go smoothly, but suddenly Enzo put down his contract documents, took out his famous pen filled with purple ink from his suit and wrote on the left side of a paragraph: "No, I can’t accept this one!" "
(Enzo wrote "No, that‘s not OK" with a purple ink pen on the left side of the contract, originally in Italian)
Then the two sides went through a long negotiation, and finally Enzo said faintly to the lawyer on the side, "Come on, let’s go to dinner." Then he got up and turned away with the lawyer, leaving Ford and his party and the lawyer team looking at each other.
(Photo taken when Ford and his party signed a contract with Enzo Ferrari in 1963)
This means that Ford’s acquisition of Ferrari was a complete failure, and it also opened the curtain of the most touching "war" in the automobile industry in the last century.
prologue
In the 1960s, the hippie Beatles and the Rolling Stones were in full swing, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was just established. At this time, the automobile industry is in the development period, especially in the United States. Low oil prices and convenient highways have made the American automobile industry enter a high-speed development stage. The main theme of the United States at that time was "Nothing is impossible", and all industries were trying to break records and create miracles.
After World War II, because Edsel Ford (son of Henry Ford) died young, and Henry Ford was old, and the company’s political struggle and other reasons, Ford was faced with great difficulties, and its sales plummeted. The company urgently needed a new leader.
So in 1943, Henry Ford II (the eldest son of edsel Ford), who was still serving in the Navy during World War II, was "recalled" to work in Ford and became the CEO of Ford Motor Company two years later. Through a series of management reforms and personnel changes, he successfully "saved" Ford, turned losses into profits in a few years, and listed Ford in 1956, which was comparable to GM and Chrysler at that time.
Although the sales volume was increasing, Ford was generally regarded as "a car company for the elderly" at that time. Even though Americans agreed that Ford was reliable and durable, it lacked exciting features and was not suitable for young people.
(Ford Tudor in 1950s)
Ford hoped to seize the youth market, and the best way at that time was to participate in international automobile competitions as an advertisement to change the "old" brand impression, so he founded the racing project "Total performance Program", which was in charge of Don Fryer, then vice president.
When Ford II searched all the lists, he found the Ferrari that was "on sale" at that time. At that time, Ferrari almost dominated the world racing competition, and the most influential one was the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
(Starting characteristics of 24-hour Mountain Endurance Race)
In 1929, Enzo Ferrari founded Scuderia Ferrari in Modena (translated as "Ferrari Stable", literally translated as Ferrari stable, that is, Ferrari team). It is not difficult to see from the name that Enzo has only focused on the field of racing since he founded Ferrari. At first, Ferrari existed as a racing division of Alfa Romeo. Later, in 1933, it replaced the original internal racing division and became the racing division of Alfa Romeo.
Later, the company dissolved the Ferrari team and made Enzo the captain of the newly established Alfa Corse team. So on September 6, 1939, Enzo decided to leave Alfa Romeo and set up his own company. However, due to the agreement signed when he left, he was not allowed to participate in any competition or car production under the name of Ferrari for four years. Enzo first founded a company in the former site of Ferrari team, engaged in the production of aircraft parts and related tools, and then produced the first Ferrari racing car-TiPO 815 (without Ferrari logo) based on Fiat platform in 1940.
（Tipo 815）
In 1943, Enzo moved the factory to Maranello, and Ferrari has not changed its address since then. The car with Ferrari logo in the true sense is the 125 S produced in 1947, equipped with a 1.5-liter V12 engine, and Ferrari Motor Company officially "set sail".
（Ferrari 125S）
There is a joke called: "Ferrari without V12 engine is not called Ferrari at all."
The story behind this sentence is that Enzo never wanted to produce streetcars, nor did he want to compromise Ferrari’s proud V12 engine. But his son Dino didn’t think so. Dino had designed and developed Ferrari V6 engine and V8 engine, which was the source of V8 engine that Ferrari often used later. Although Enzo didn’t want to be disturbed by things outside the competition, the reality was cruel, and the funds needed to participate in the competition were amazing, so he had to compromise to produce streetcars to finance the team.
One is the American automobile empire, which is in urgent need of the injection of racing genes, and the other is the stubborn Italian racing fanatic, which is faced with huge funding problems. It seems to be a "hit it off" thing, but in fact Ferrari is "on sale" just because Enzo hopes to have capital inflow to ensure his racing career. So when Enzo saw that it was written in black and white "including the right to control and operate Ferrari cars", he turned down the $18 million acquisition contract without mercy.
(Enzo is dissatisfied with the content of the treaty, and the purple line is drawn.)
Ford II flew into a rage when the news of the failure of the negotiations returned to Detroit. Not only did Ford send Don Fryer, then vice president, to buy Ferrari, and spent nearly nine months in communication and negotiation, which cost more than $3 million in manpower and material resources, but finally only got a pile of "waste paper" on the table under Enzo’s back.
First battle Ferrari
The reason why Ford II was so angry was that his previous "efforts" went down the drain, and there was news that Enzo didn’t want to sell it to Ford at that time, just to show it to Fiat (Ferrari was acquired by Fiat in 1969), and Enzo once said to Ford II, "You are far less great than your grandfather Henry Ford."
（Henry Ford II）
In a rage, Ford II summoned all Ford’s right-hand men and gave a dead order: "Build me a car that can completely defeat Ferrari and conquer the French 24-hour Le Mans endurance race!"
At that time, Ford was not without racing experience, and Ford had achieved good results in American races such as Indy 500 and NASCAR. However, Le Mans Endurance Race is far away in Europe and France. The track is a daily road and only two lanes wide, with a lap of 8.3mile (about 13.357km), a total mileage of over 3,000 miles (4,828 km) and a top speed of up to 210 miles/h (338 km/h). It also faces various weather environments such as rain, fog and night during the 24-hour race. For Ford, this is tantamount to a novice challenge to Mount Everest.
(24-hour Le Mans Raceway)
So when Ford II said, "No matter how much it costs, I must win the XXX in Italy", many people thought this sentence was as unbelievable as President Kennedy’s "We are going to the moon".
In order to quickly adapt to European races, Ford found a small racing company in Britain-Lola Cars (a small company focusing on racing, located in Slough Industrial Park near London, the site is still there). They have European racing experience and existing mid-engine chassis, so they were hired to build chariots with Ford engineers.
However, time was too tight. In March 1964, it took only seven months, and the first prototype Ford GT equipped with a British chassis and a Ford engine came out. At that time, several drivers including Bruce Mclaren (founder of McLaren) did a lot of tests and improvements for GT, and initially solved many problems.
（Bruce Mclaren）
The extremely streamlined body is only 40 inches (1016mm) high, so it is named GT40. Equipped with the engine of Ford Indy 500, 4.2-liter V8, with about 350 horsepower, seems very promising.
（Ford GT40 Prototype）
However, in fact, due to the lack of experience in aerodynamic design at that time, the cooling air inlets designed at the front of the vehicle not only did not work, but also produced a lifting force, resulting in insufficient downforce of the vehicle. In April, 1964, Ford took the GT40 prototype to Le Mans Test Day. Although the speed was very fast, the whole vehicle had no stability and handling. Even on the straight track, it could lose its grip but slip and turn. This happened not just at the beginning, but at the speed of 170mile/h (about 273.6km/h).
The problem is not only in aerodynamics, but also in suspension. At that time, Ford didn’t understand why the vehicle was so unstable, because the GT40 crashed at the speed of 160mile/h(257.5km/h) that afternoon. Although Ford took two GT40s with him, the second one crashed the next day.
At this time, it was only two months before the 1964 Le Mans Endurance Race.
Despite the difficulties, Ford finally arrived at the Le Mans Endurance Race as scheduled with three GT40. On June 20, 1964, the race started as scheduled. Ford’s three GT40 took the lead in the second lap and even set an average speed record of 131mile/h/h (about 210.8km/h). However, in the end, all three cars failed to finish the race because of an accident or gearbox failure.
As a result, Ferrari won the championship for the fifth time in a row, beating Ford with the results of first, second and third place.
Fight Ferrari again
Ford II did not lose heart, but said, "We will come again next year and beat Ferrari!" "
After the first failure, Ford decided to let Carroll Shelby be the leader of GT40 project. Shelby is a famous American designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He used to be a flight instructor and test pilot during World War II, and he worked as an oil worker and a chicken farm farmer after retiring. At first, as a racing amateur, he made amazing achievements in many races. In 1959, he won the 24-hour Le Mans Endurance Championship by driving aston martin DBR1.
(In 1956, Shelby took part in the Mount Washington Climbing Race in a Ferrari 375GP.)
Because Shelby suffered from heart valve leakage when he was 7 years old, he needed to take nitroglycerin for a long time to keep his heart normal. It is precisely because of this that Shelby was rejected by Ferrari as a driver. After 1959, Shelby stopped racing as a driver, but founded Shelby American Company in southern California, USA, whose business was to modify and produce racing cars. Because of the previous competition, he was very interested in a British company named AC Ace, and wanted to build a racing car with its chassis body and the developed V8 engine in the United States.
At that time, Corvette (owned by General Motors) rejected his request, but Ford extended an olive branch to him. Ford’s V8 engine at that time was not only able to generate powerful power in generate, but also very suitable for retrofitting and installing the chassis of existing AC Ace cars. In 1962, Shelby reached a cooperation with Ford and produced the first Cobra model in history-the famous AC Cobra 260.
（AC Cobra 260）
In fact, in 1964, when three Ford cars lost, Shelby American had a car (Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe) with a 4.7L Ford engine and finished the race in the fourth place. In addition, in 1963 and 1964, AC Cobra with the same engine finished the race in the 7th and 18th places respectively.
So when Ford lost the first Le Mans race, Shelby came to mind first. In addition, Shelby’s engineering team has talented engineers (such as Phil Remington) who come to F1 and other competitions, including New Zealand, Japan, Australia, Italy, France, Germany and Britain. "A very cohesive team," Ford II commented.
“Carol was a Can-do， Let’s-get-it-done kind of guy and very much like my father， Carol had a very outgoing personality and I think that my father（Henry Ford II） personality and carol’s personality meshed reasonably well．” "Carol is a highly effective and very capable person, much like my father. His personality is very cheerful, which coincides with my father’s personality and gets along very well. "-Edsel Bryant Ford II (edsel Ford II, son of Henry Ford II)
Of course, I have to mention another legend here-Ken Miles, a British automobile engineer, racing driver and one of Shelby’s close friends. He served as a tank commander during World War II, and participated in car races and made racing cars after retiring. In 1953, he won 14 consecutive victories in SCCA League by driving his own car. Because of similar interests, Shelby invited Miles to join Shelby American and become the chief test driver. Together, they built the famous AC Corbra and Shelby GT350.
(left Bruce Mclaren, right Ken Miles)
When Shelby received the heavy responsibility, he first asked Miles to test the GT40 in Riverside International Raceway in Southern California. As a result, several drivers said the same sentence after the test: "It’s bloody awesome, I hate it．."
The extreme instability of the vehicle and many problems have made the team sweat.
Next, the whole team began to work day and night, and even ate amphetamine as jelly beans. Starting with aerodynamics, the problem of body modeling is solved first; Then the original Ford 4.2-liter V8 engine was replaced by Ford 4.7-liter V8 engine, which improved the power a lot. Then the gearbox was replaced by a 5-speed gearbox made by ZF in Germany, and the reliability was improved. In addition, the cooling system, suspension, wheel hub, tires and other parts are modified and optimized. The new model GT40 Mk1 Daytona is almost the same as the original GT40 Mk1 (after the new model is released, the first generation of models participating in Le Mans will be called MK1 to distinguish different GT40, and then the code will be added later). You can even think that Shelby and Miles have applied many experiences from Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe to GT40.
(1965 GT40 Mk1 Daytona)
The transformed GT40 Mk1 Daytona is indeed much better than before, and even won the 2000km endurance race in Daytona Continental, defeating Ferrari P2 driven by John Surtees (legendary driver, the only one who has won two and four world championships so far, and the oldest surviving F1 world champion). And won the second and third place in the next 12 hours of Sebring endurance race. However, due to problems such as gearbox, some races that GT40 Mk1 Daytona participated in later ended in failure.
(In 1965, three Ferrari cars crossed the line at the same time in the 24-hour Le Mans endurance race)
In 1965, the French 24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race was held again. This time, six Ford GT40 (different versions) participated, but none of them was able to finish the race. Ferrari once again "humiliated" Ford’s ambition and won five consecutive championships.
Three wars Ferrari
So far, Ford has invested millions of dollars in the GT40 project, but none of the cars have completed the Le Mans race. Ford II is faced with a dilemma, either to give up the "war" with Ferrari and stop investing, or to continue to increase investment and "crash" Ferrari.
The answer given by Ford II was to send a card with a name to everyone involved in the project, and a sentence was written under the name: "You‘d better win! (In the interview, Shelby recalled "Ford wins Le Mans in 1966")
When Ford II handed the cards to the team members one by one, Shelby and several engineers asked, "What about the financial budget restrictions?"
Ford only replied: "You are only responsible for winning, and don’t worry about anything else!"
In order to continue to improve GT40, Myers and his team have invested thousands of hours in testing and research. The new GT40 Mk2 has further increased the engine displacement, from 4.7-liter V8 to 7.0-liter V8 (the engine used by Ford for NASCAR). Because of the engine with such a huge volume and power, the chassis structure has been strengthened, the suspension system has been upgraded, the cooling system has been optimized, and the braking system has been improved … The new GT40 Mk2 will no longer be extremely unstable, even at the speed of 210mile/h (about 338km/h), it is still rock-solid.
(GT40 Mk2, the one that Ken Miles drove in 1966 still exists in the world, worth more than 15 million pounds).
What is even more exaggerated is that Shelby, Myers and Ford team jointly developed a set of computer simulation equipment, which can simulate the whole gearbox working condition of Le Mans race. The reason why the gearbox has always been a "drag" before is that on the one hand, the engine power and torque have risen sharply on the existing power system, and the gearbox has not had enough time to verify its reliability; On the other hand, at that time, the Le Mans race had to shift gears nearly 9000 times, and it was easy to go wrong after 24 hours of continuous high-intensity use on the Le Mans track, which tortured the car. (For example, in 1965, several P2 models sent by Ferrari failed to complete the race because of the gearbox).
Although this set of gearbox simulation equipment later became the standard equipment in the development of F1 racing cars, it was almost witchcraft at that time. Through computer signal transmission, every gear shift in the whole Le Mans race is actually simulated, and the gearbox is also connected to the engine to simulate the real racing situation.
The date of the duel between David and Gliath is approaching.
The Italians didn’t stand still at this time. In order to cope with Ford’s menacing challenge, Ferrari took out the P3 model that had just been produced. The streamlined body is even more exaggerated than GT40, and the height of 37.4inch (about 95 cm) is even lower than GT40. At that time, the top speed of GT40 was a little more than 210mile/h/h (about 338km/h), while the top speed of P3 was only 190mile/h/h (about 305.8km/h). However, Enzo was willing to sacrifice some top speed for lightness and flexibility, so that P3 control would be better without accidents in the narrow track, and it would be possible to refuel in P room less times.
(Ferrari P3, now worth more than 20 million pounds)
On June 18th, 1966, Ford brought the Armada-8 GT40, 20 tons of spare parts, and a team of top racers (Kim Myers, Bruce McLaren, etc.).
Ford II was invited as the opening guest of that year’s Le Mans Endurance Race. With the flag waving in his hand, the race officially started. At first, Ford relied on strong speed to gain the lead, but when the time came, Ferrari regained the first and second positions with more flexible maneuverability and fuel economy.
(Ford II waves the flag and the game begins)
On the contrary, Ford was asked to strictly implement the strategy of "drive carefully, don’t be reckless" because of the painful memory of "bow and snake shadow" However, one person in the team ignored this instruction, and Kim Myers decided to give it a shot, constantly setting a shocking lap record and regaining the leading position from Ferrari.
The next morning, when the morning sun shone on Le Mans, France, three P3 cars brought by Ferrari either broke down on the side of the road due to mechanical failure or had a serious accident and had to retire.
On the afternoon of June 19th, three GT40MK2s passed the finish line side by side with the cheers of the audience and all Ford people, and won the first, second and third place, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966, which shattered Ferrari’s dream of winning six consecutive championships.
(In 1966, three GT40 cars crossed the line at the same time)
This is a great victory that goes down in history, and it is also the most unforgettable moment in the history of automobiles, and it is also the starting point for Ford’s glory.
“It was one terrific time， one that could never repeat again．” ——Carroll Shelby
postscript
Ford, who was on a roll, successively won the following three French 24-hour Le Mans Endurance Championship, but it is a pity that Kim Myers, who helped Ford win all these dazzling achievements, failed to witness the subsequent glory.
（GT40 J-Car）
After Mk2′ s total victory, Ford did not stop, but continued to improve its aerodynamics and chassis. Two months after the race, when the test car GT40 J-car was tested at Riverside International Raceway in Southern California, Myers died in an accident, and his son witnessed it by the track.
（Ken Miles）
What is even more regrettable is that in the Le Mans race in 1966, because the victory was already locked, Ford hoped that the three cars could cross the line together and let the reporter take this unforgettable scene, so Myers slowed down and waited for the other two cars to catch up before crossing the line together. However, although Miles’ car passed the finish line first, the organizer suddenly put forward an unknown rule. Because Bruce McLaren’s parking space was a distance behind Miles’ car, according to the total length, McLaren won the first place. As a result, Miles missed out on the "Grand Slam" of the three most influential events (Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona) in 1966.
After the death of Miles, the project was suspended for two months. After that, Ford introduced a brand-new model GT40 Mk4, which has a brand-new body, suspension and brakes compared with Mk2, and a new model with big tires and brakes. In Le Mans linear track, it can be 50mile/h/h faster than Mk2 (about 80.5km/h), and it also uses a 7.0-liter V8 engine equipped with Mk2. (6200 rpm in 1st gear can accelerate to 144.8km/h)
（GT40 Mk4）
In 1967, when many people thought that Ford only won the race by "luck" last year, Dan Gurney drove the GT40 Mk4 to cross the finish line again in the first place.
On the podium, Gurney had a whim, throwing a long-shaken bottle of champagne at the crowd and reporters, becoming the first person in the history of racing to make this celebration, and this habit has been "used" to this day.
(Gurney sprayed champagne on the crowd at the award ceremony in 1967)
After that, Ford decided to withdraw from Le Mans. On the one hand, Ford has proved its strength and achieved the expected goal. On the other hand, FIA announced a new rule in 1967, "The engine displacement of participating vehicles should not exceed 5 liters". Gurney once joked in an interview: "Europeans know that if they don’t change the rules, they can’t take the championship from the Americans."
However, in the 1968 and 1969 French 24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race, John Wyer (team manager when Shelby won the Le Mans championship in Aston Martin in 1959, left Aston Martin in 1963, joined Ford in 1964 and participated in the research and development process of GT40) changed the model with Ford GT40 Mk1 (4.9-liter V8 engine) in the name of his own company (JW Automotive Engineering).
When the rules were changed again in 1969, GT40 completely withdrew from the 24-hour Le Mans race in France.
Nowadays, it is difficult to calculate how much Henry Ford II invested in this battle. Some experts speculate that according to today’s monetary value, Ford spent about 360 million pounds to teach Ferrari a lesson.
If there were no political reasons for Ferrari’s team management, which led to the replacement of Ferrari’s legendary driver John Sutis before the race in 1966, it might be hard to say whether it would be won or lost that year. If Kim Myers hadn’t died young two months after that victory, perhaps Ford would have won more glory in the racing world. If …
In fact, there are countless ifs, but we just need to remember that carote Shelby and Kim Myers have made indelible contributions in this great "battle", and there are still many people’s contributions in the GT40 project. Ford II is definitely a great figure in the history of automobiles …
“I want my legacy to be I want to make sure those people are recognized， they were pioneers．”——Carroll Shelby
More than 50 years have passed, and that embarrassing legend has left us not only a legendary GT40, but also a splendid automobile culture.
References:
Grand Tour Season 1 Episode 6.Ford VS Ferrari, which will be released in North America on November 15th, has not yet been set in China.Behind the Headlights documentary.The Carroll Shelby Story, the autobiography of Shelby.Interviews with Legendary Designers & Engineers, interview with Shelby on October 12, 1997.Racing in the blood: the story of the Ford GT40, website of Motoring Research.
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The ＂cool protagonist＂ in the IP world is building his own world.

I often play Egg Party with my friends now. It’s a little strange to say that I downloaded the game because of the linkage between Egg Party and Goober Attack. When I was a child, I liked the cartoon "Guo Bao Special Attack" very much, and even quarreled with my classmates about whether pineapple blowing snow should be with pineapple wei or pear flower poetry. But when I grew up, it gradually faded out of my sight. It was not until it was linked with "Egg Party" that my former love emerged from my heart-almost 100% of the "Guobao Swordsmen" were restored in the game, which was no different from my memory, even those weapons were there.

It’s just a figure in memory

"Shangguan Ziyi" quickly became one of my favorite and most commonly used skins for Egg Party, and the other one was "DongDong Sheep". "DongDong Sheep" is a lovely white, round lamb that bleats from time to time-in fact, I had met it several times before playing "Egg Party". At that time, I didn’t know about it, and I had never heard of the popular brand of "Flying DongDong", but I was still attracted by the cute image of "DongDong Sheep" and the wonderful second creation of the players, such as the funny voice of "I am sheep honey" and the "fall transition dance" of the lamb.

Nowadays, with the popularity of Egg Party, many trendy shops have put these lambs in the most conspicuous place. Of course, more often, lambs in many shops are out of stock. But in any case, as soon as the lamb appears, the passing guests will sigh: "It’s the lamb in the egg!" The original niche brand exploded overnight, and its IP image and commercial value were fully recognized.

No matter for the market or for me personally, "Guo Bao Special Attack" and "Flying DongDong" are undoubtedly very successful linkages. But we all know that "Egg Party" is not limited to doing IP linkage well, but has greater ambition-taking its own path and building an IP world belonging to Egg.

"Linkage once every 10 days on average"

December 15th is the "Egg Festival" of Egg Party, which was specially set up to celebrate 500 million eggs. The whole festival was very lively, and many benefits were distributed. On the opening day of the Egg Festival, the official gave away three kinds of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Big Wolf" linked skins for free. In addition, the second bullet of "Guo Bao Special Attack" was opened, and Xiaoguo Lu, Li Huashi and Blossomy were invited to visit Egg Island together.

Most players like me are very much looking forward to "Egg Festival"

Prior to this, the linkage frequency of Egg Party was quite high, with an average interval of less than 11 days, and the linkage objects were various-"Altman", "Long Grass Yan Tuanzi", "Defending Radish", Michelle Ice City, "Hundred Ghosts Kindergarten", Netease Cloud Music, "China Qitan", "Goose and Duck Killing", Sanrio Family, and so on.

Some IP is familiar to me. For example, I once indulged in "Goose and Duck Killing" with my friends for a while, but I didn’t expect to be able to play in "Egg Boy" now. During the linkage period, Egg Party not only launched three classic character skins of Goose and Duck Killing, but also launched the game of "finding out the troublemaker".

There are also some IPs that have aroused my long memories-"Defending Radish" is the first tower defense game I really contacted; "Long Grass Yan Tuanzi" once filled my QQ space; And "GG Bond", unfortunately, because of my age, I didn’t really appreciate the style of this animation at that time, but I found some humor in the animation protagonist on Egg Island.

There are also some IP linkages that are quite "live" and can become a topic as long as they appear in front of players. When I saw the familiar, chubby yellow figure in front of Mi Xue Bing Cheng Store, when I opened the game and heard the phrase "You love me, I love you, Mi Xue Bing Cheng is sweet" in the square, I really couldn’t control my hands and couldn’t wait to try.

The linkage of "breaking the secondary wall" is impressive.

Looking at so many linkages, I found the most important secret of IP linkage in Egg Party, that is "fit"-every IP has a positive, warm and childlike core.

In addition to the similarity of the cores, their "fit" is also reflected in the audience. No matter GG Bond, Altman series, Guo Bao Special Attack, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, they are all classic childhood animation IP. These classic animations used to be small audiences, but now they are the main players of Egg Party.

Another point of "fit" lies in the moldability of appearance. After all, all the linked objects will become "round" images after entering the world view of Egg Party. Obviously, the production team did not blindly pursue the number or popularity of linked IP, but paid attention to the fit of its own image and tried to achieve "original flavor". This kind of linkage, in a sense, will give me an intimate feeling, making me feel that they really crossed from one world to another, rather than simply "changing skins" and hanging a name.

The painting style of DongDong sheep is very compatible with that of Egg Party.

Under the circumstance that "everything can be hatched", the linked universe of Egg Party is growing. In the online consumption scene, Egg Party has almost exerted a global dominance, and "brushed its face" with great potential energy and high frequency. Brands such as Honey Snow Ice City, Fun Duo Duo, Alpine, KFC, etc. have all taken the initiative to establish cross-industry linkage with "Egg Boy", each of which is the top brand of daily consumption scenarios, and has a huge user base, which has injected huge sinking traffic into Egg Boy IP, which in turn has prompted Egg Boy IP to seamlessly connect with various consumption scenarios.

Nowadays, the IP construction of Egg Party has broken through the boundaries inside and outside the game, online and offline. People can see these eggs appearing at the entrance of tea shop, in the doll machine, in the blind box area of theme shop, in the store furnishings of the mall, and in the mobile navigation prompt. This summer, "Egg Party" also had theme linkage with four domestic theme park brands, including Happy Valley and Sunac Water World. People play egg games, listen to egg music, wear clothes with egg image, buy egg dolls and visit egg theme parks ….. "Egg" is gradually becoming a way of life.

The story of "Egg Boy"

After playing "Egg Party", I began to understand the story of "Egg Party". Through the official CG video and the short story, I was surprised to find that there was such a vivid and happy world behind the blind box machine.

In the world view of Egg Party, all the stories happened inside the blind box vending machine. There is a lively and happy egg island behind the blind box machine, where round eggs live. Every time humans throw gold coins into vending machines, it will cause a rift in time and space on Egg Island. Eggs need to work hard to get gold coins symbolizing victory before they can go to the human world.

When you know these background stories, it is inevitable that you will feel more intimate when you see them appear in the loading interface.

Players often see several characters on the loading page, such as Xiao Huang, Xiao Hei, Xiao Fen, Xiao Lan and Xiao Lv. They also live on the island of Dan Zi, with their own unique personalities and lead their own "egg life". It can be said that every character has a very realistic soul, or let the user find his own shadow in it, or make the user resonate with the character story at the same frequency. In addition to the five main characters, the popular characters such as Naughty Maruko, Aberdeen Bear and Heartless Bear also have their own independent story lines, but in the end they will be connected in series at a certain detail, involving the appearances or stories of other characters.

The story characteristics of "a big world has spawned countless small worlds" also make "Egg Boy" IP have almost unlimited tolerance-in the story, players will have emotional resonance with the egg boys; Outside the story, it can accommodate one world view with different IP. As long as you come to Egg Island, you can become friends and become a member of the Egg World.

Many players will discuss the season plot of "Egg Party" on social platforms and be moved by it.

This also makes "Egg Party" not limited to a party game that attracts players with casual gameplay, but has the quality of a truly excellent IP-constantly deriving new game works and accumulating huge fans under its own unique worldview. This power is magical and powerful. If a virtual world becomes an IP that I am familiar with and love, I will no longer be satisfied with being a simple player, but will pay attention to the derivative products, fan creation (even output) of this game, and continue to pay attention to its future, which is the drainage effect brought by IP and the key to the long-term operation of the game.

The development team of "Egg Party" clearly knows this. Since the game was launched, it has been constantly improving and filling the IP content. With the process of linkage with various IPs, the IP of "Egg Party" has become more and more popular. When we mention it, we think of not only the game itself, but also the naive image of Egg and a series of stories derived from Egg Party. With the launch of offline authorization cooperation and IP derivatives, the egg IP has been pushed to another height.

The IP image of "Egg Boy" has penetrated into the hearts of many players.

Looking at the development of Egg IP, I can only think of one word to describe it-"the protagonist of Shuang Wen".

"Shuang Wen" is reflected in "Egg Party", which is loved by everyone, and all the top IP companies have sent cooperation invitations to it. But in essence, the internal reason for this "cool" is that "Egg Party" can fit them perfectly, so as to achieve a win-win effect. By establishing cooperation with Egg IP, these brands have gained a strong blessing and achieved exponential growth in influence. In this situation, "Egg Party" has become the hottest linkage object in the game session.

Another similarity with "Shuang Wen’s protagonist" is that "Egg Party" is ambitious enough-this game wants to build its own IP and create an egg world. From a single party game to complete the transformation of content platform, to dig deep into IP stories and strengthen IP anchor points, and then to link online and offline frequently for dozens of times, the commercial value of the brand is gradually accumulated, thus running through the whole link of IP development and building its own "business kingdom".

The "egg-egg linkage family" is growing.

At the 2022 annual performance conference, Ding Lei, CEO of Netease, said: "In the future, we will invest more in R&D and management, and do a good job in the long-term service of the game (Egg Party). The’ long term’ here is at least 10 years. " If the agreement of "10 years" can really be achieved, then I believe that "Egg Party" can create a classic, popular and enduring national IP as people expect.

At present, with the continuous expansion of the egg IP matrix, we can also predict that in the future, it will have more and more rich linkage forms. What is clear is that "Egg Party" not only subtly builds the trend culture accepted by young people, but also broadens the new extension of "game"-a "virtual amusement park" that can provide healing and joy for all.

Yu changxue is the director of the Chinese-foreign cultural exchange center of the Ministry of Education.

On December 19th, the Party Group of the Ministry of Education announced the decision on appointment and dismissal, and Comrade Yu Changxue was appointed as the director of the Chinese and foreign cultural exchange center of the Ministry of Education. Due to another appointment, Comrade Du Kewei no longer serves as the director of the Chinese-foreign Humanities Exchange Center of the Ministry of Education. Chen Jie, member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The main responsible comrades of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Education attended the meeting.

Accident! The two new naturalizations of the national football team staged a derby showdown in Europe, representing China’s debut as soon as next year.

A few days ago, in the Dutch Cup, two popular naturalized national football players, Fizezhan Tianle and Yang Rui Anshang, played an alternative derby, in which Fizezhan Tianle started and played for the team for 90 minutes. Yang Ruian only got the chance to come off the bench in the 73rd minute. Fei Cizhan-Tianle and Yang Ruian are both Chinese players. As long as they are willing to be naturalized by the China Football Association, they can play for the national football team as soon as next year.

Fei Cizhan-Tianle belongs to the excellent player who came out of Ajax youth training system. He used to be the core of the second team and often wore the captain’s armband to play. Whenever Ajax team 2 encounters a deadlock in the game, Ficzen-Tianle can stand up for the first time and put on a good show to turn the tide. Fei Cizhan-Tianle mainly plays the front waist on the court and belongs to the commander urgently needed by the national football team.

Fei Cizhan-Tianle didn’t catch up with the initial stage of the naturalization policy in China football a few years ago, so he came to play in the national football team. The main reason is that Feci Zhan-Tianle is still looking forward to his entry into the Dutch national team. However, according to his development momentum in recent seasons, it is basically impossible to knock on the door of the Orange Legion. Therefore, the most pragmatic goal of Fei Cizhan-Tianle is to play football in the national football team.

Yang Ruian is the main striker position and also has certain finishing ability. If Fei Cizhan-Tianle and Yang Ruian can be naturalized in the national football team, the hope that the national football team will hit the 2026 World Cup will be greatly increased, and both of them are willing to play in the preliminaries for China. National football fans think that if Fei Cizhan-Tianle and Yang Ruian can be naturalized smoothly, I hope they can continue to work hard in Europe instead of returning to the Super League.

Because naturalized players will only get worse and worse when they play in the Super League. Fizichan-Tianle and Yang Ruian both have the ability to play in the Dutch main force, and they can continue to play in the Dutch league. I hope these two national football favorites can become the core of the national team as soon as possible, and coach jankovic will also entrust them with important tasks. I believe that the performances of Fei Cizhan-Tianle and Yang Ruian will not disappoint the fans.

Cassano： Football has developed, Mourinho is out of date, and Lu Kaku makes me feel sorry.

As an old general of Rome and Inter Milan, Cassano talked about the contest between the two former clubs in this round of Serie A, and finally the focus battle ended with the Nerazzurri winning 1-0 at home.

"Inter played a good game and they deserved to win the game. Thuram has scored nine goals and assists, and he started the season very strongly, which surprised me, of course in a positive way. Besides, I’m also happy for Aslani. He did well after coming off the bench. Varela also played a good game and he began to recover. Inter didn’t encounter any difficulties, only Sommer blocked Cristante’s great header once. Inter played well and they played in their comfort zone. This is Inter Milan, they have a strong team, have their own ideas and confidence, and they are the biggest favourites for the Serie A championship. Cassano said on Bobo TV, a live program in vieri.

"Mourinho Ideally, there is only one difference: if Eto ‘o, Milito and Sneijder are present, he will do more, but his first consideration is not to concede a goal, and then if you have strong players, you will score sooner or later. When I said he was not a good coach, I meant that Mourinho would not give you anything. When he has a champion player, he is excellent, and he will make you feel important. He is very strong in this respect, but today’s football is no longer like this. Football has developed, and strong teams no longer buy his tricks. Manchester United sent him away, Tottenham also sent him away, and Rome will send him away in the future. It is easy to coach a champion player. "

"Lu Kaku made me feel sorry for him: he was already in trouble, and everyone booed him in this game, but Inter fans didn’t need to boo him at all. Where did you expect Rome to play like that? Mourinho is very cunning, he changed the subject, and his communication style is suitable for those who follow him. None of the reporters asked him what he thought of the game and how he organized it. Why did you play so badly? Are you scared? People like Mourinho have a good life in Italy. Luck will end sooner or later, just like allegri. He won’t let the team pass the three-legged ball in a row. Only when the team he coached is strong can he win the championship. He has strong players in Porto and a super team in Inter Milan. He put two buses in front of the door when he played against Barcelona. Of course, that’s no problem. At home against Barcelona, he won the game by an offside goal and his opponent’s failure to blow a penalty, but his luck will end sooner or later. I don’t care that he took Rome to the finals twice. De Zerbi and Belsa may not have won the championship, but you will be excited when you see their teams. I’d rather not win, but play good football and make people happy. Mourinho is like this, I have said so for a long time. Inter gave him a dance music, but you didn’t even shoot straight through the goal. You just played for 0-0. What are you talking about? "

China’s Embassy in the United States held a commemoration of the 52nd anniversary of China-US Ping-Pong Diplomacy.

On the evening of December 13th, 2023, China’s Embassy in the United States held a commemoration of the 52nd anniversary of China-US Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Ambassador Xie Feng attended and delivered a speech. Fang Fang, Vice President of Peking University, Qiao Luoslan, Director of the International Department of the United States International Olympic Committee, Bai Lijuan, Vice President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Charles, President of the American Table Tennis Association, and more than 300 guests from all walks of life in the United States attended.

谢锋大使首先欢迎北京大学乒乓球代表团访问华盛顿并举行友谊赛，向出席活动的“乒乓外交”参与者和亲历者代表康妮·史维利斯和戴尔·史维利斯夫妇、白莉娟女士、史伯明先生致敬，向长期关心支持中美关系发展的各界朋友表示衷心感谢。

谢锋表示，半个世纪过去了，“乒乓外交”的历史经验和指导意义历久弥新，继续给我们以启迪。

一是把握大势，坚持战略引领。52年前，在冷战阴霾下，两国领导人以非凡的战略眼光、政治勇气和外交智慧，通过“小球转动大球”，打开中美重新交往大门，拉开中美关系正常化序幕，撬动了国际格局变化，影响了世界历史走向。一个月前，习近平主席同拜登总统在旧金山举行历史性会晤，探讨新时期中美正确相处之道，开辟面向未来的“旧金山愿景”。习近平主席提出的“五个共同”为中美关系稳定发展浇筑起五根支柱。会晤巩固了中美关系止跌企稳势头，为变乱交织的世界注入了难得的确定性稳定性，受到两国和国际社会普遍欢迎。

二是厚植民心，推进人文交流。中美都是伟大的国家，两国人民善良友好、勤劳务实，彼此抱有强烈好感和浓厚兴趣。一个月前，习近平主席在旧金山美国友好欢迎宴会上发表演讲，深情讲述与美国民众交往的友好故事，强调中美关系的根基是由人民浇筑的、大门是由人民打开的、故事是由人民书写的、未来是由人民创造的，引发两国民众强烈共鸣。

三是相互尊重，发扬体育精神。在“乒乓外交”的带动下，体育成为中美民心相通的桥梁和纽带。体育崇尚进取，追求卓越，又要求相互尊重、彼此欣赏、取长补短、共同提高。体育必须遵守规则，公平竞争，而不能挖坑使绊，既当裁判员、又当运动员；不能只许自己挥拍，却捆绑对方手脚，甚至连上场机会都不给对方；应该集中精力提升自我，而不是挖空心思拉低对方；应该捉对比拼，而不能拉帮结伙打群架；应该开放包容，超越差异，场上是对手，场下仍应是朋友。

Xie Feng emphasized that Sino-US relations are at a new crossroads. The times call on us to draw wisdom and strength from "ping-pong diplomacy", so as to stabilize and improve Sino-US relations, achieve healthy, stable and sustainable development, and reassure the two peoples and the world. It is necessary to realize the "re-melting" of relations between the two countries. I hope that the United States will work with China to establish a correct understanding, start from scratch, start today, practice mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and suppress the negative narrative of zero-sum game with successful stories of mutually beneficial cooperation. It is necessary to promote "re-contact" between the two peoples. Covid-19 hinders face-to-face communication, and trade wars and science and technology wars will only lead to confrontation and conflict. Contact and dialogue can avoid misjudgment, gradually get out of the predicament and rebuild mutual trust. We should support the people of the two countries to move more, communicate more and hold hands more. It is necessary to promote the "re-starting" of Sino-US relations. The San Francisco meeting is not the end, but a new starting point. It is imperative to do a good job in follow-up work and strengthen the management of the whole process, especially to implement the consensus of the meeting between the two heads of state to the letter, so that the "San Francisco Vision" can shine into reality and benefit the two countries and the world. We expect the US to move in the opposite direction with China, take actions, especially to prevent repetition, not to take a step further or even a step back, and not to set up new obstacles for bilateral relations.

Joe Rossland, director of the International Department of the United States International Olympic Committee, said that ping-pong diplomacy embodies the power of sports, is the common language of people all over the world, can cross national boundaries, transcend barriers, and reflect the goodwill and good wishes among people. Let’s cultivate friendship, build mutual trust and unite to contribute to world peace.

In 1972, Ms. Bai Lijuan, who received the China table tennis team’s return visit to the United States, said that the American table tennis team’s visit to China in 1971 was not only a turning point in my life, but also a turning point in Sino-US relations. The historical experience of "ping-pong diplomacy" proves that although the United States and China have different cultural traditions and social systems, they can fully respect each other and live in peace.

Charles, president of the American Table Tennis Association, said that table tennis is an important bridge for exchanges between Chinese and American people, and he thanked the Sweellis for their important role in promoting table tennis in the United States and promoting Sino-US friendship.

Mr. and Mrs. Svellis, members of the American table tennis team who participated in the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" personally, shared their experiences and feelings, saying that they once thought that China athletes were distant legends, but they became close friends after getting along, and the people of the United States and China could become friends completely, instead of enemies. I hope that the younger generation will inherit the spirit of "ping pong diplomacy", strengthen communication and exchange, and grow and progress together.

After the speech, China and the United States formed a mixed team to hold a friendly match to relive history and renew friendship together. Ambassador Xie Feng and Ms. Connie Smiles kicked off the exhibition match. World champions Liu Wei, Ding Ning, etc. had a discussion with American table tennis fans, vividly interpreting the spirit of "table tennis diplomacy" of "friendship first, competition second", and the contestants’ wonderful performances drew applause from the audience.

The Embassy in the United States also specially prepared a cake commemorating the 52nd anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Ambassador Xie Feng cut the cake and shared delicious food with the guests attending the event.

The guests talked about exchanges and shared friendship, unanimously spoke highly of the historical significance of "ping-pong diplomacy" and expressed their willingness to contribute to enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples and promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations.

[Editor: Hu Xiaoshan]