WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse, Peng Liyuan, visited the U.S. National Archives in Washington on Friday, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump and his spouse, Melania Trump, earlier than departing for Beijing after a three-day state go to.
Established in 1934, the National Archives homes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — three paperwork central to the founding of the United States and important to understanding its historical past over greater than two centuries.
At the ultimate cease of his U.S. journey, Xi stated the archives carry the knowledge of the forebears and supply insights for the long run. Over the previous 250 years, the American individuals have pursued the American Dream and constructed a affluent nation and an exquisite dwelling on the North American continent.
The Chinese individuals, inheriting 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, have continued to make new achievements on the brand new journey towards realizing the Chinese Dream of the good rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Xi stated.
As two distinctive nations, China and the United States have totally different histories and cultures, social programs and improvement paths, Xi stated.
However, the individuals of the 2 nations share the identical aspiration for a greater life regardless of the variations, he stated.
A day earlier, Peng and Melania additionally visited the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, a famend U.S. establishment devoted to the gathering, analysis and exhibition of Asian artwork.
The tour to the National Archives and the artwork museum echoed the particular preparations China made for Trump throughout his earlier journeys to Beijing. During the U.S. president’s state go to to China in May, Xi invited him to see the Temple of Heaven, a greater than 600-year-old landmark close to the southern finish of the Beijing Central Axis.
Standing inside the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the long-lasting centerpiece of the temple, Xi defined to Trump that in historical occasions, state rituals had been held within the temple, the place then Chinese rulers prayed for nationwide prosperity, social concord and favorable climate for good harvests.
Describing the Temple of Heaven as “great” and “incredible,” Trump stated the 2 nations ought to deepen mutual understanding and strengthen friendship between their peoples.
During Trump’s first state go to to China in 2017, Xi accompanied him on a tour of the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum, one other historic landmark alongside the axis.
Inside the traditional royal palace, Xi briefed Trump on its historical past, structure and tradition as they toured the three foremost halls, every bearing the Chinese character “He,” which means peace and reflecting the Chinese individuals’s longstanding aspiration for peace and concord.
Such interactions replicate Xi’s longstanding dedication to selling exchanges and mutual studying amongst totally different cultures.
“For any country in the world, the past always holds the key to the present and the present is always rooted in the past. Only when we know where a country has come from, could we possibly understand why the country is what it is today, and only then could we realize in which direction it is heading,” Xi as soon as stated.
Xi has famous on many events that each China and the United States are nice nations, and each the Chinese and American peoples are nice peoples. While the 2 nations differ in histories and cultures, social programs and improvement paths, he believes that these “differences should not become an obstacle to growing China-U.S. relations.”
For Xi, understanding these variations can create extra space for dialogue and coexistence between nations, pointing the best way towards avoiding the so-called Thucydides Trap and sustaining the regular improvement of the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship.
At the state dinner held by Trump within the White House on Thursday, Xi recounted the historical past of China-U.S. exchanges that stretches again greater than 200 years, together with their joint struggle towards Japanese aggression in World War II, and Ping-Pong diplomacy.
“Exchanges have helped promote heart-to-heart communication between our peoples and cemented public support for China-U.S. friendship and cooperation,” he stated.
During his just-concluded go to to Washington, Xi introduced a sequence of latest initiatives to additional enhance people-to-people bonds between the 2 nations, together with an invite for 100,000 younger Americans to go to China for exchanges and examine within the coming 5 years.
Just as Xi has stated, if the 2 nations acknowledge and respect their variations, deepen mutual understanding and study from one another, search the largest widespread denominator, increase the listing of areas for cooperation, and correctly handle variations, China-U.S. relations will take pleasure in regular and sustained progress.