中国人为何出兵朝鲜,直到今天对美国人来说,仍是一个难以理解的“东方之谜”。当年,困扰美国政府官员和将军的难题是“中国会不会介入”。杜鲁门在对朝鲜事务作决策的时候,感到最重要又最拿不准的就是这个问题。为此,他在飞了4000多千米到威克岛与麦克阿瑟见面时,特意向这个在亚洲生活了几十年、自诩同时也被美国人公认的“东方专家”询问:“中国人会不会出兵?” Why did the Chinese troops send troops to North Korea until today? To the Americans, it is still an incomprehensible “mystery of the East.” The problem that plagued U.S. government officials and generals in that year was “Will China intervene?” Truman is the one who feels the most important and most inadaptable when making decisions on North Korea. To this end, he flew more than 4,000 kilometers to Wake Island to meet with MacArthur, deliberately to this life in Asia for decades, since he was also recognized by the Americans “Oriental experts ” asked: “ Chinese will send troops? ”