By Zhao Yipu, Source: People\u2019s Daily<\/p>\n
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When the reporter walked into his office, Harish Chandra Shah, President of\u00a0Nepal China Cultural and Educational\u00a0Council, just finished a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
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Harish was voluble on topics about China. \u201cI took all these photos in China. There is a story behind each of them,\u201d he said, pointing at dozens of photos displayed in a bookcase in his office.<\/p>\n
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Harish, his father and children have all forged a special bond with China. \u201cMy father paid a visit to China when I was little. After he returned home, he told me that the Chinese people are kind and hospitable and that China is the most reliable and a true friend of Nepal, which greatly influenced me. I always wanted to visit China since I was young,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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In 1977, then 20-year-old Harish went to study in China. In the following seven years, he lived and studied in Beijing, and toured Hebei and Sichuan provinces and other places in China, witnessing how China took its first steps in implementing reform and opening-up.<\/p>\n
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After he got back home, Harish chose a job that promotes friendly exchanges between Nepal and China. Because of his influence, Harish\u2019s son and daughter also studied in China, and his wife has taught herself Mandarin. \u201cOur family can speak with each other in fluent Mandarin,\u201d Harish told People\u2019s Daily.<\/p>\n
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Harish shared with the reporter his visit to a village in southwest China\u2019s Yunnan province.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn 2019, I took an investigation tour of a village near Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province, as a member of an investigation group. The local people have become better off by growing vegetables and flowers, some of which are sold to Malaysia and Indonesia. As the village speeds up development, new school, clinic and elderly care center have been built and residents have lived a better life,\u201d Harish noted.<\/p>\n
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Harish learned from local residents that the village was really poor just a few years ago and that it has been with the help and under the guidance of resident officials sent to the village for poverty alleviation that the village has taken on a new look.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen I was there, I felt villagers\u2019 heartfelt support for these resident officials and for the Communist Party of China (CPC). Only such a political party that adheres to a people-centered approach and leads the people to a better life can be popular with and supported by the people,\u201d Harish pointed out.<\/p>\n
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Three volumes of the English edition of \u201cXi Jinping: The Governance of China\u201d were placed in a conspicuous spot in the bookcase in Harish\u2019s office. The book series by Chinese President Xi Jinping have answers to all the questions related to the miracles in modern China, according to him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI joined in the translation of the book series into Nepali. During the process, I consulted a large number of materials, from which I gained a better understanding of the Chinese leader\u2019s foresight in governance and how he always keeps the people close to his heart,\u201d Harish said.<\/p>\n
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Harish pointed out that the lasting friendship between Nepal and China has been built on the basis of mutual respect and assistance.<\/p>\n
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After a major earthquake hit Nepal in 2015, China stood firmly with the Nepalese people in Nepal\u2019s disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction. While overcoming difficulties and fulfilling its commitments to Nepal, China helped the latter achieve positive results in earthquake relief.<\/p>\n
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During the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, China has also lent a hand to Nepal and provided COVID-19 vaccines for the country just when it was in need of them.<\/p>\n
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\u201cChina has provided vaccines for and donated anti-epidemic supplies to us. Such timely and heart-warming help truly demonstrates the close friendship between our two countries,\u201d Harish noted.<\/p>\n
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According to Harish, China has not only provided vaccines for other developing countries including Nepal to close the \u201cimmunization gap\u201d, but carried out win-win cooperation with many other countries in the joint construction of the Belt and Road to stabilize global economic development and actively practice the idea of building a community with a shared future for mankind.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI believe that with the joint efforts of the two governments and peoples, the Nepal-China friendship will bear more fruits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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