/ world today news/ On September 2, Chinese Ambassador to Washington Xie Feng attended the opening ceremony of the 21st Chinese Culture Festival.
In his welcome to the other participants and guests, he called for the strengthening of cultural exchange and the promotion of mutual understanding and friendship between the US and China.
“Cultural differences are not the source of conflict, but the driving force for progress. The history and relations between different countries depends on how we deal with civilizational differences,” he pointed out.
“Our two countries should create a friendly atmosphere of tolerance, increase cultural ties through exchanges to reduce differences and misunderstandings, and promote understanding and friendship for the sake of the development of China-US relations,” Ambassador Xie Feng said.
US President Joe Biden and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser sent congratulatory addresses on the occasion of the opening of the festival. The events took place in the center of the American capital and attracted thousands of spectators.
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