This depends greatly upon the timeframe to which you're referring, but generally speaking, no, Chinese leaders were not eager to interact with societies outside of China, since they had very little need to trade with outside nations for many years.
The battle of Thermopylae was the first between the Persians and Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480-479 BC. The Greek force was very small but was determined to make a stand against the huge Persian army.
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D. Le Duc Tho
Outside the formal peace talks in Paris, secret talks were carried out by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.