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The sixth edition of "My China Album" — which records Americans' experiences in China — is about to be released online and offline.
The latest installment includes four short video episodes and a video feature collectively themed "My China Footprints".
John Smagula, the assistant dean of the law school at Temple University in Philadelphia, is a China hand who has studied Chinese for 30 years and loves Chinese tea culture. "Tea is an incredible cultural ambassador," he said in a recent interview with China Daily. "It represents so much about China." He says tea culture reduces the distance between people and promotes friendship and cooperation.
Music has strongly connected Chinese and American people, and the two countries should "become not just friends but great friends", Davyd Booth, a violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, told China Daily in a recent interview. He reflected on 50 years of friendship with China, and the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic visit to China in 1973.
Editor's note: More than a century ago, a number of US citizens began living in Kuliang, a famous summer retreat in Fuzhou, Fujian province, joining thousands of other foreigners. They blended with local Chinese, working and living in harmony with them. This page looks at Elyn MacInnis and her family's deep connection to Kuliang, and the essence of the human spirit, unity, love and deep-rooted heritage.
Editor's note: China Daily Global Edition offers the series Friends Afar to tell the stories of people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries. Through the vivid narration of the people in the stories, our readers can get a better understanding of a country that is boosting openness.
The author Mark Twain once described the memorable sunsets in Muscatine, a small city on the banks of the Mississippi River in the US state of Iowa, as particularly memorable.
The fifth My China Album, co-sponsored by China Daily USA and the Chinese embassy in the United States, will chronicle the many touching stories of China-US friendship, capturing significant moments and recording the voices of those who consider China a friend afar.
