拒修“宽轨”1953年,在修建内蒙古境内的一条铁路时,苏联专家居然建议,将宽轨铁路标准用在这条铁路上,说这样能让苏联坦克直运北京。时任铁道部部长的滕代远斩钉截铁地回答:“无论发生什么战争,中国人民都会自己保卫北京,不需要外国保卫,宽轨不能修到北京!”妙语反驳1995年年初,因为岛屿归属问题,我国驻菲律宾大使黄桂芳经历了一场“唇枪舌剑”。有一次,时任菲律宾总统菲德 In 1953, when building a railway in Inner Mongolia, the Soviet experts actually proposed that the standard of wide-gauge railway be used on this railway, saying that this would enable the direct shipment of Soviet tanks to Beijing. Teng Dai-yuan, then Minister of the Ministry of Railways, categorically replied: “Whatever the war, the Chinese people will defend Beijing themselves without foreign security and wide-track can not be built in Beijing!” Quips retorted that in early 1995, because of the issue of island ownership, Huang Guifang, our ambassador to the Philippines, has undergone a “lip gun”. Once, when Philippine President Fideh