GLOBALink | "A foreigner, but not an outsider" -- a young Kazakh in Xi's speech on China-Central Asia ties

Updated: January 31, 2022 Source: Xinhua News Agency
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"I am a foreigner, but I am not an outsider." These words of Ismail Daurov, a Kazakh student who became a volunteer helping with the local anti-pandemic response in the city of Xi'an in China's Shaanxi Province, were quoted by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"I am a foreigner, but I am not an outsider."

These words of Ismail Daurov, a Kazakh student who became a volunteer helping with the local anti-pandemic response in the city of Xi'an in China's Shaanxi Province, were quoted by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The young Kazakh's words "have touched the hearts of many in China," Xi said, adding, "It is heartwarming episodes like this one that have formed a stirring symphony of China and Central Asian people supporting each other through thick and thin."

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Editor: Tian Shenyoujia