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Xi urges young people to strengthen China-US understanding

Source: South China Morning Post · 23 Sep 2026, 04:42 UTC
Xi urges young people to strengthen China-US understanding
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President Xi Jinping has encouraged students from China and the United States to promote friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding after nearly 100 students from 10 US universities travelled through China under the Future Makers 2026 programme. The students wrote jointly to Xi about their experiences, according to the supplied material.

President Xi Jinping has encouraged young people from China and the United States to deepen understanding between the two peoples, according to the supplied material. Nearly 100 students from 10 US universities travelled through China as part of the Future Makers 2026 programme. After the exchange, they jointly wrote to Xi, sharing what they had seen and experienced during the trip.

In his reply, Xi encouraged young people in both countries to promote friendship and cooperation. He also called for people-to-people exchanges to help deepen mutual understanding. The material identifies the programme and the broad message of Xi’s response but does not provide the students’ names, the universities involved, the places visited or the dates of the exchange.

It also does not include further detail about the contents of the students’ letter or Xi’s full reply. The article was produced by an advertising partner, according to the supplied source note.

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