By reconnecting with old foreign friends, Chinese President Xi Jinping has brought a personal touch to Chinese diplomacy. He has maintained close ties with friends from across the globe through reunions and letters, leaving behind countless warm and heartfelt moments.

In his view, people-to-people friendship is the foundation for stable and sustained international relations, an inexhaustible driving force for promoting world peace and development and a basic prerequisite for win-win cooperation.

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