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Mme. Sarah Lande: an old friend of the Chinese people
By:SPAFFC  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2019-09-25 16:47

【编者按】今年是中美建交40周年。岁月无声,光影留痕。7月3日至8月15日,《跨越太平洋的交流与合作——上海纪念中美建交40周年》图片展在上海市档案馆(外滩馆)成功举办。300余幅精心甄选的照片,记录了上海与美国各地方的交流合作进程。我们挑选部分展出的档案照片,为大家讲述照片背后的故事。让我们一起重温过去,立足现在,展望未来。

  莎拉·兰蒂夫人是中国人民的老朋友,居住在美国艾奥瓦州的马斯卡廷市。作为前艾奥瓦州友好省州委员会委员,兰蒂夫人一直致力于推动中美友好关系的发展。艾奥瓦州与中国有很深的渊源。早在1983年,该州就和河北省结成了友好省州关系。1985年,时任河北省正定县委书记的习近平访问马斯卡廷期间,在兰蒂夫人的协调安排下,借住在当地居民德沃夏克家中,并与当地市民结下了深厚友谊。

  2012年5月30日至6月1日,应习近平主席的邀请,全国友协专程安排,兰蒂夫人率美国艾奥瓦州友好代表团访问上海。时任上海市委书记俞正声会见了代表团。

  2014年起连续三年,艾奥瓦州共派12位中学生,参加上海市人民对外友好协会举办的上海国际青少年互动友谊营。2015年6月,上海市友协代表团访问马斯卡廷并在马斯卡廷市立图书馆建立了旨在弘扬中国文化,展现上海风采的“上海之窗”图书阅览室,在当地产生了积极的反响。

  2017年10月17日(美国当地时间),上海市友协工作组访问马斯卡廷,特地到兰蒂夫人家中探望。那天,正逢中国共产党第十九次全国代表大会在北京召开,兰蒂夫人在艾奥瓦州马斯卡廷市与上海市友协代表团成员共叙友情并寄语:“中美关系充满机遇和挑战,让我们做和平的缔造者,寻找友好和交流的机会,带着爱和友谊,我们继续前行。”

  Mme. Sarah Lande is an old friend of the Chinese people. She lives in Muscatine, Iowa. As a former member of the Iowa State Sister City Committee, Sarah Lande has been long devoted to the promotion of friendly U.S.-China relations. Iowa and China have deep historical connections. Iowa State and Hebei Province became sister state/province as early as 1983. In 1985, XiJinping, then Secretary of the CPC Zhengding County Committee in Hebei Province, visited Muscatine. Arranged by Mme. Sarah Lande, he stayed at the home of Mr. Dvorchak during that visit, and he forged a deep friendship with the local people.

  At the invitation of President Xi Jinping and arranged by Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Mme. Sarah Lande led an Iowa friendship delegation to visit Shanghai from May 30 to June 1, 2012. Yu Zhengsheng, then Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, met with the delegation.

  In the three consecutive years starting from 2014, Iowa sent 12 secondary school students to attend the Shanghai International Youth Interactive Friendship Camp held by Shanghai People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (SPAFFC). In June, 2015, a SPAFFC delegation visited Muscatine and opened a “Window of Shanghai” reading room at Muscatine Public Library.

  On October 17, 2017, a SPAFFC working group to Muscatine paid a visit to Mme. Sarah Lande. It happened that the 19thNational Congress of the Communist Party of China opened on that day. In her meeting with the SPAFFC group, she said, “Enjoy this informative book full of challenges and opportunities for US China relationship. Let us be peacemakers and seek opportunities for friendship and exchange. With love and friendship, may all paths continue to meet”.

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