After completing the legal procedures for Hong Kong's return, this person said excitedly: I can comfort my ancestors.

One morning in June 1985, a 60-year-old Chinese man was at the United Nations Department of Legal Affairs. After completing the legal procedures for Hong Kong's return, he excitedly said: ""I can comfort my ancestors. ! "Who is this old man? Why did he say such emotional words? It turns out that this old man's name is Ling Qing, who was born in Beijing in 1923. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Ling Qing participated in the Communist Party of China when he was studying at Yenching University. The underground organization and joined the Communist Party of China in 1941. In 1942, due to the exposure of the underground organization, he went to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region led by the founding marshal Nie Rongzhen. He first worked in the Organization Department of the Central Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and then went to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. Worked in the Enemy Industry Department of the Political Department of the Military Region. Since January 1945, Ling Qing has been responsible for the reception and translation of the US military observation group, and has dealt with the American General Stilwell and the First Secretary of the US Embassy in Chongqing, Xie Weiss. Later, with his outstanding literary talent and excellent translation skills, he served as the English translator for Chairman Mao, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and other older generation revolutionaries. In August 1946, the Chairman met with the famous American journalist Anna Louise Sturt in Yan'an. During the meeting with Lang, the Chairman had an important conversation about the international situation and the domestic situation. In this conversation, the Chairman made a wise conclusion that "imperialism and all reactionaries are paper tigers", and Ling Qing was the on-site interpreter for this conversation. After the founding of New China, Ling Qing began to engage in diplomatic work, and in the early 1970s, she participated in the "Ping Pong Diplomacy" that thawed Sino-US relations. In the lightning-fast "Ping Pong Diplomacy", Ling Qing It was Premier Zhou who personally ordered him to take charge of this diplomatic mission. In 1980, the knowledgeable, steady and wise Ling Qing was appointed as my country's ambassador to the United Nations. In December 1984, China and Britain signed an agreement. Joint Statement. The statement announced that China would take back Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. In 1985, both parties approved the statement and registered it with the United Nations. The then representative to the United Nations, Ling Qing, was responsible for the registration. One morning in June, Ling Qing went to the United Nations Department of Legal Affairs with Ambassador Thomson, the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to complete the legal procedures for registering the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Legal Affairs is German. Fleischhauer. Ling Qing and Ambassador Thomson smiled and shook hands with each other, and then handed the Chinese and English versions of the Sino-British Joint Statement to the Deputy Secretary-General, and then took photos. Fleischhauer said, ""The two members of the Security Council. This is the first time in the history of the United Nations that the permanent members of the Security Council have registered a treaty with the United Nations together. Ling Qing just smiled lightly after hearing this. After completing the legal procedures for Hong Kong's return, Ling Qing excitedly said to the people around her: "I can comfort my ancestors!" "Why? It turns out that Ling Qing's original name was Lin Moqing. When he arrived in Yan'an in 1944, he changed his name to Ling Qing. Ling Xie ""Lin"" and Qing Xie ""Qing"". Also, Lin Moqing is the fifth generation grandson of the national hero Lin Zexu. 1839 In June 1985, Imperial Envoy Lin Zexu was ordered to destroy British merchants' opium in Humen, Guangdong, which triggered the first Opium War. The Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing and cede Hong Kong in June 1985. The grandson Lingqing was ordered to complete the legal procedures for Hong Kong's return to the United Nations. History is often such a coincidence. Seeing this, you understand why Lingqing said "I can comfort my ancestors"! Of course, Ambassador Thomson did not know until his death that the old Chinese man who completed the legal procedures for Hong Kong's return with him was actually the fifth generation grandson of Lin Zexu, who sold cigarettes in Humen more than 100 years ago.

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