CGTN女主播刘欣和福克斯女主播翠西·里根的“历史性电视交锋”于昨日落下帷幕。
跨洋对谈结束后，刘欣接受了CGTN的独家专访，阐述了自己为何选用平和的方式应对翠西抛出的问题。她表示希望通过清晰简短的语句和诚恳真挚的态度促进双方进一步交流，而不是筑起高墙进行反击，所以没有选择用对抗性的情绪面对翠西。
另外，刘欣还说翠西提出的问题并没有自己想像的那么尖锐，认为她在对话中是平等和友好的。
不打不相识，她们聊起来了
节目播出后不久，双方都在社交媒体上向对方表达了感谢并发表了自己对于此次对谈的看法。
刘欣说道：“我很感谢能拥有这样的机会，用对话代替辩论。我相信你（翠西）也是这么想的，因为在当下，我们应当冷静下来而不是激化矛盾。非常期待我们的下一次对话……”
The much-anticipated debate between CGTN anchor Liu Xin and Trish Regan of FOX Business Network ended on Thursday morning. Called a "historic debate" by some, it drew the attention of millions of people across the globe. Shortly after the show, the two hosts took to social media to comment on the discussion.
“I tried my best to make myself clear, to make my sentences short, to reach out to her, to answer Trish's questions in an honest measure,” Liu Xin told CGTN's Zou Yun.
“We need to be honest, because then that's the only way we can move forward. So I didn't go in with a confrontational mood,” she added.
She said the questions were not as sharp as she had expected, and that Trish was fair and friendly during the debate.
翠西稍后回复了刘欣：“我同意，这是一次内容丰富的对话，感谢你提供的真知灼见，我非常愿意邀请你再次参加节目。”
刘欣则再次做出回应称：“我非常愿意，谢谢。”
外媒：这是一次倾听中国声音的机会
这次罕见的跨洋对话不仅迅速登顶微博热搜，更是在世界范围内引发了全球媒体的关注。
The conversation was a trending topic on Sina Weibo, and was also covered by many international media outlets. While some outlets described it as an opportunity to start a dialogue with an American audience, others criticized it for lacking substance.
美国全国广播公司（NBC）在报道中称，这次隔空对话更像是一次“礼貌的交流（polite exchange）”，也是美国观众得以听到用完美的英语讲述中国故事的一次机会。
《华尔街日报》（The Wall Street Journal）也提到，这次对话给予了中国政府一个与美国观众近距离接触的罕见机会。
《纽约时报》（New York Times）认为对话的开头是一个“令人尴尬的开场（awkward start）”，并称有专家认为这次刘欣和翠西的辩论将会帮助中国媒体树立在美国的形象。
在一些媒体对此次对话发表积极态度的同时，也有一些外国媒体对这次“辩论”的时长和激烈程度表示不尽兴。
“礼貌的、平淡的、傲慢的，”这是美国石英财经网（Quartz）报道此次辩论的标题，文中还表示这不是“辩论”，而是翠西单方面的提问，并期待二人下一次对话。
《金融时报》（Financial Times）提到许多观众抱怨16分钟的对话太短，他们觉得意犹未尽，并形容这个过程为“温和的（soft-spoken），礼貌的（polite）意见交换。”
外国网友：我对刘欣“路转粉”了
这场约辩除了备受国内网友的期待，还引发了海外网友的广泛讨论。
International viewers also took to social media to comment. Some praised the politeness shown by both hosts, and others called for more rational voices on the trade war.
有人看完节目视频，就对刘欣“路转粉”了。
还有人看完后表示：“说好的辩论呢？”
也有网友表示希望未来能有更多这样理性的声音。
还有人认为这次节目对谈还有改进的空间。
刘欣：通过对谈，直面质疑
刘欣和翠西分别作为中美两国主流媒体的主播，在福克斯的电视节目中对谈可谓是史上首次。
“这是我首次在美国电视台上（同美国主播）有这样一个对话。我不知道她要问我哪些问题，她只告诉了我几个关键词，”刘欣在同翠西对话结束后说道。
在谈及接受翠西邀约的原因时，刘欣说中国在中美关系中面临的最大挑战就是相互认知的不平衡。“我希望通过这次对谈改变她（翠西）对中国女性乃至中国人民的看法，（通过这次对谈）告诉美国人民，中国人没有对他们的质疑避而不谈。”
“(I wanted to) change her perception of Chinese women, and possibly of Chinese people, that we are willing to talk to them, that we are not afraid, that we are not hiding away from the problems that we face,” Liu said.
She admitted that taking on the challenge put “great pressure” on her and her team especially that she let Trish call the shots about the time and place of the debate and nature of questions, which Liu said were not communicated to her prior to the show.
“For me, this was definitely the first time, and I've never had this kind of conversation on American TV. And I didn't know what she was going to ask, she (only) told me a couple of keywords. Basically, I said fine to everything.”
“But if you really truly want to engage with someone, you go there disarmed. You go there and you don't become defensive. You open your heart, and you open your mind and you talk. And that's why I had to talk from my personal perspective, because then I have greater freedom to express what I really feel. And that was exactly what I did."
国际舞台上，他们也曾勇敢发声
同刘欣一样，中国记者和外交官员也曾同外国学者和政客进行交锋，有理有据地阐明中国立场。
央视记者王冠曾在俄罗斯国家电视RT（Russia Today）同美国学者就中美南海对峙展开激烈的辩论。
新华社记者冉维曾在美国国务院记者会上，就美国官方使用不当地名称呼*鱼岛钓**的问题追问发言人维多利亚·纽兰。
中国驻法大使馆公使曲星曾参加法国公营电视台法兰西二台（FRANCE 2）的北京奥运会讨论会，以一敌五，同*制抵**奥运会的外国专家学者们进行辩论。
中国有句古话“真理越辩越明”，
交流和沟通才是消弭误解、
增进理解的最佳方式。