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Foreign faces, intertwined relationship

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated: February 26, 2024 L M S

Name: Zhang Fanzhi
University: Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce
Tutor: Zhao Tian

Three years ago, I was given a chance to collaborate with the Indonesian students for shooting a short video elaborating on the topic of China's growing international influence on the Global level. During which, I contacted with different great mates from completely different culture background, ethnics, and societal structure. What this exotic experience offers lectured to me was far more profound than itself. And this unique adventure helped me to restructure a new view of the world standing at a higher perspective that I ever found.

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Before I met up with my new colleagues. I never had any experience communicating with foreigners in such a deep and thorough way. The mere knowledge that I heard about the country, Indonesia, is a place where tourism was prosperous. Meanwhile I already pictured a portrait in my mind -- a people with dark skin with "Hajib" wrapped around their head. However, these hyper- stereotypical prejudice was lately overtook by the occurring of a lovely Indonesian --Sasa.

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Notwithstanding, through talking, mutual communication with Sasa. Her words toppled my previous misconception towards her hometown to a large extend. The hilarious arrogance and unnecessary nationalism toward Sasa's hometown swiftly vanished after she pictured a world composed of multi-ethnic groups with breath taking landscape and tourism spot. This idea-exchanging subvertedly making me aware that the earth, where I'm currently living now, is not only inhabiting one sole group in China, but saturated with people from different culture backgrounds, social values, etc.

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As China starts to disburse its global influence capabilities via a spate of initiatives as "One Belt Dead", "BRICS, "RCEP". This historical country once again shed honey onto regional small countries with beneficiaries and prosperities based on common sense and mutual respect. However, some countcountries don't allow this to happen. They alway instill their ideologies and ethos in a forceful way. which brings nothing but repellent counterattacks.

Masking-off the fundamental machinery of global cooperation. It's simple as people from two different places collides with each other -- firstly, we ought to respect each other. Then, there would be a place for future deepening of relationships.