FRIENDSHIP plays a very important role in Chinese culture. In the Analects Of Confucius, the master says: “It is always a pleasure to greet a friend from afar.”
Forty-five years ago, a Malaysian friend came from afar to visit China. He was the second prime minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. It was during this visit that China and Malaysia officially established diplomatic relations, and ushered in a new era of friendly exchanges between two ancient civilisations.
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