2000年10月,朱基总理出访日本。10月14日,他接受了东京广播公司新闻节目主持人筑紫哲也和一些市民代表的采访。下面是朱总理在这次采访中的部分精彩妙答。筑紫哲也:听说你讲过日本人太客套,不想会见日本人,太浪费时间。朱基:不,我从来没有讲过这样的话。我愿意借此机会说清楚,我没有讲过这样的话。我们中华民族是一个好客的民族,我认为会见客人的时候必要的寒暄和客套话,是起码的 In October 2000, Premier Zhu Rongji visited Japan. On October 14, he accepted an interview with Chikushi Tsuchizu, the host of the news program of Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation, and some citizen representatives. Here are some wonderful tips from Premier Zhu in this interview. Chiku Tetsuya: I heard that you talked about Japanese too polite, do not want to meet with Japanese, too wasting time. Zhuji: No, I never said such a thing. I would like to take this opportunity to make it clear that I have not said such a thing. We, the Chinese nation, are a hospitable people. I think the necessary greetings and courtesy when meeting the guests are the minimum