He praised the achievements of Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan during her visit to the US, calling China a 'symbol of soft power'.
According to Chinese media outlets such as Xinhua News Agency on the 27th, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who accompanied President Xi's visit to the United States, commented on Ms. Peng's activities during her visit to the United States, saying, "The first lady's gentle and friendly diplomacy infused soft power into this visit."
Ms. Feng, who accompanied President Xi on his visit to the United States, visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. on the 24th at the invitation of First Lady Melania Trump, wife of U.S. President Donald Trump, toured ceramics and listened to Chinese songs such as "Morihua" by the American Youth Choir.
After finishing singing, the choir shouted in unison to Ms. Feng, โThank you, Mama Feng (Feng Liyuanโs nickname).โ
Director Wang cited a Chinese character idiom that means, "Relations can only last long if we become friends with the heart" (ๅฏไปฅๅฟ็ธไบค ๆนๆๅ
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Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng also posted a message on
During her visit to the United States, Ms. Feng attracted great attention by showing off outfits with traditional Chinese elements.
When visiting the museum, she chose a dark blue, mid-length dress with elements of cheongsam, a traditional Chinese costume, and on the same day, she chose a red, long-sleeved, V-neck dress for the White House state banquet.
Regarding this, Ma Zu, an analyst at Trivium China, a Chinese research firm, praised Ms. Peng, saying, "Ms. Peng helps add humanity to diplomacy, which can sometimes be quite hard-line and pragmatic, and creates warm moments in U.S.-China relations."
At this meeting, the leaders of the United States and China agreed on some mutual tariff reductions, but confirmed a significant difference in temperature on key issues such as Taiwan, rare earths, and artificial intelligence (AI).
A scene in which Ms. Feng is believed to have had a conversation with Ms. Melania without an interpreter was captured and became a hot topic online.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) focused on the achievements of Ms. Peng's visit to the United States through six articles, including 'How did Mrs. Peng become a symbol of China's fashion soft power?'
Mrs. Feng, a former singer with a famous People's Liberation Army art troupe, has been actively engaged in foreign activities unlike previous first ladies of China, including receiving an award from the United Nations in recognition of her contribution to the fight against AIDS.
Meanwhile, in connection with President Xi and his wife's visit to the United States, attention was also paid to the selection of songs for the White House event.
Hong Kong media Hong Kong 01 reported that at the state dinner on the 24th, Deng Lijun's (ๆไบฎไปฃ่กจๆ็ๅฟ) 'ๆไบฎไปฃ่กจๆ็ๅฟ' (ๆไบฎไปฃ่กจๆ็ๅฟ) by Deng Lijun (ๆไบฎไปฃ่กจๆ็ๅฟ) was played as attendees entered the state banquet, and that the White House's selection of the song received favorable reviews online at the event a day before the Mid-Autumn Festival (Chuseok). This song was first released in 1973, then remade by Deng Lijun in 1977 and became popular in the Greater China region.
At the banquet, the military choir also sang 'One Day More', the representative song from the musical 'Les Miserables', and the American media New York Post pointed out that after anti-China protesters in Hong Kong wrote this song in 2019, Chinese authorities blocked its online distribution on copyright grounds.
