Xi Jinping Encourages Italian Students To Be Cultural Ambassadors Between Their Two Nations

March 19, 2019 (EIRNS)—In a letter of response to President Paolo M. Reale and students of Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, who had written him, Xi wrote:

“I have received your letter and I’m very pleased to see that the students can express themselves in fluent Chinese. Your school has successfully opened a Chinese-language international scientific high school and nurtured a host of young men and women devoted to promoting China-Italy friendly relations... I highly appreciate your determination to promote dialogue of minds and cultural exchanges between the young generations of the two countries and cement the friendship between the two peoples. I hope you will become modern-day Marco Polos, as cultural ambassadors between Italy and China in this new era. You are welcome to study and work in China, and I hope China will be the place where your dreams come true.”