In 1972, Nixon visited China.

At that time, at Beijing Airport, Premier Zhou Enlai personally greeted him.
There was no red carpet, no crowd lining the streets, only a ceremonial guard formation,
but all members were veterans who had come out of the battlefield, with a stern and formidable presence,
carrying the aura of war heroes forged on the sands of war.
When Nixon walked past the formation, he later wrote in his memoirs:
I felt as if a mountain was pressing down on me, unable to breathe.