{"id":12096,"date":"2018-11-18T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T19:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=12096"},"modified":"2018-11-18T11:50:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T19:50:39","slug":"china-brunei-hold-exchange-activity-to-boost-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=12096","title":{"rendered":"China, Brunei hold exchange activity to boost cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Wang Fang, Ding Zi, Sun Guangyong and Lin Rui from People\u2019s Daily<\/p>\n

About 80 politicians, businessmen, scholars and reporters shared stories of China-Brunei friendship at a cultural exchange activity held in Brunei\u2019s capital Bandar Seri Begawan on Nov. 15, revealing the profound friendship between China and Brunei.<\/p>\n

The Maritime Silk Road is a witness to the inseparable relations between China and Brunei, said Muhd Firdaus Bin Abdul Rahman, president of Brunei-China Friendship Association (BCFA) during the activity titled China-Brunei Friendly Exchange.<\/p>\n

Rahman shared his personal experience about China\u2019s reform and opening up. \u201cChina is a country in rapid development, and I can\u2019t remember how many times I have been there. I once paid in cash there, and the locals were just astonished. Indeed it was me that was left behind in a major Chinese city where mobile payment is prevalent,\u201d the BCFA president noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we really left behind, or is China developing too fast? That is a question that always strikes me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Li Hui, coming from China\u2019s Hebei province, now works as the head coach of Brunei\u2019s national martial arts team. After visiting Brunei with a Chinese martial arts delegation in 2007, Li was invited to coach local Bruneians because of the charm of Chinese Kung Fu.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked when I arrived here, because there was neither athlete, martial arts arena, nor facility at all. The first batch of martial arts athletes in Brunei\u2019s history was trained by me from local elementary schools,\u201d Li introduced.<\/p>\n

After over 10 years since Li\u2019s arrival, Brunei\u2019s national martial arts team has won honors for the country, and 4 of the athletes were awarded by Brunei\u2019s Sultan for their outstanding contribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the development of martial arts will be better\u00a0 in Brunei and become a bridge of friendship between China and Brunei,\u201d Li said.<\/p>\n

During the activity, a pair of Brunei teacher and student have attracted attention. The teacher was the principal of Brunei\u2019s Chung Hwa Middle School Kho Guik Lan, and the student Wu Chun, famous Bruneian actor and singer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been teaching at Chung Hwa Middle School for 38 years, during which I always took students to China\u2019s Fujian province to seek roots,\u201d Kho said, adding that the communication with Chinese students, as well as the art and martial arts activities have left a deep impression on them. \u201cNow, we take over 200 students to China each year,\u201d she introduced.<\/p>\n

Wu expressed his appreciation to his teacher. \u201cI remember we were taught to be loyal, filial, kind and righteous at school by the teachers. We were too young to understand that back then, but my experiences in China nowadays\u00a0 give me a deeper understanding of Chinese culture,\u201d Wu said.<\/p>\n

Wu participated in a Chinese reality show with his children, in which he went to different Chinese cities and rural areas to experience the life of ordinary people. \u201cIt was good for both me and my children,\u201d Wu said. Now, his two children are both studying at Chinese-language schools.<\/p>\n

These beautiful stories are a bond of friendship between the two countries, and behind these stories is the common aspiration of the two peoples.<\/p>\n

\u201cMutual identity is a premise for friendship,\u201d Rahman told People\u2019s Daily, adding that the exchange activity has touched the people with its vivid and warm stories.<\/p>\n

A great many of touching stories happened during the increasingly closer exchanges between China and Brunei in various fields. Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s state visit to Brunei is bound to further deepen China-Brunei ties and promote bilateral practical cooperation in each field.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wu Chun plays with his daughter and son in a Chinese reality show. Photo from internet<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Wang Fang, Ding Zi, Sun...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12098,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12096\/revisions\/12098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}