{"id":42655,"date":"2021-11-28T22:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42655"},"modified":"2021-11-28T22:53:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:53:36","slug":"expats-touched-by-kong-fansens-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=42655","title":{"rendered":"Expats touched by Kong Fansen&#8217;s stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"art-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1002060\" title=\"1638164868644025892.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20211129\/1638164868644025892.jpg\" alt=\"1129-sd-1_\u526f\u672c.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"art_txt\" class=\"art-text\">\n<p>Foreign guests visit\u00a0the Memorial Hall of Kong Fansen in Liaocheng, East China&#8217;s Shandong province on Nov 26. [Photo\/hb.dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<p>A group of guests from countries such as South Korea and Pakistan paid a special visit to the Memorial Hall of Kong Fansen in Liaocheng, East China&#8217;s Shandong province on Nov 26.<\/p>\n<p>The activity was\u00a0part of the first leg of the &#8220;Liaocehng in Foreigners&#8217; Eyes&#8221;, which was sponsored by the city&#8217;s publicity department. The event\u00a0aimed\u00a0to offer a platform for foreigners to admire\u00a0Liaocheng&#8217;s beautiful scenery and rich culture, and experience the city&#8217;s achievements in reform and opening-up.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Liaocheng in 1944, Kong Fansen\u00a0worked\u00a0in Tibet\u00a0between 1979 and\u00a01981 and from 1988 to 1994. During his time there,\u00a0Kong made major contributions to the development of Tibet and formed close ties with the Tibetan people. Kong was killed in a traffic accident\u00a0in November 1994.<\/p>\n<p>His exemplary efforts in\u00a0promoting\u00a0development won him the affection and respect of the Tibetan people, and he was singled out as a model for leaders and government functionaries across China. He was dubbed the &#8220;people&#8217;s public servant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kong made great contributions to the people and the country. He is an outstanding representative\u00a0of Liaocheng people,&#8221; said Ikin, an expat who is now working in Liaocheng.<\/p>\n<p>Ikin\u00a0said that he loves the city and that its citizens are warm-hearted and friendly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kong strove to serve the people and won their support and endorsement,&#8221; according to another expat David, who arrived in Liaocheng in 2019 and now works as a foreign language teacher.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1002061\" title=\"1638163747368011227.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20211129\/1638163747368011227.jpg\" alt=\"1129-sd-2_\u526f\u672c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Foreign guests learn about\u00a0Kong&#8217;s stories and his sacrifices\u00a0for the people. [Photo\/hb.dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1002062\" title=\"1638163771184017474.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/subsites.chinadaily.com.cn\/shandong\/att\/20211129\/1638163771184017474.jpg\" alt=\"1129-sd-3_\u526f\u672c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Foreign guests pose for a group photo in front of the Memorial Hall of Kong Fansen in Liaocheng, East China&#8217;s Shandong province. [Photo\/hb.dzwww.com]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Title_e\" class=\"art-tit\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">(chinadaily.com.cn)<\/em><i class=\"vline\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">|<\/i><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Updated : 2021-11-29<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign guests visit\u00a0the Memorial Hall of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655","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=42655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42656,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42655\/revisions\/42656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}