This reminded me of the great story where Kissinger, on that trip, asks Zhou Enlai "What do you think of the French Revolution" and Zhou replies "It's too soon to tell." I love that, and it is what I say when people ask "how are you" too early in the morning.

But I've also been trained by a passion for too-good-to-be-true quotes and that one definitely sounds too good to be true. Guess what - it is. But for an interesting reason:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/06/it...

https://mediamythalert.com/2011/06/14/too-early-to-say-zhou-...