Sri Lankan president keen on cultural exchange with China
By Chen Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-12 08:04
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (left) offers a present to Chen Yulu, president of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, during a visit to the university on Thursday. Wu Zhiyi / China Daily |
BEIJING - Sri Lankan president vowed to promote youth cultural exchanges with China, and five Chinese college students will leave for Sri Lanka in September to study the Sinhala language for half a year.
"It is a little surprising that Chinese students speak Sinhala language so well, and I hope to see your Chinese kungfu performance in Sri Lanka soon," Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa told He Yan, a freshman of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, on Thursday in Beijing.
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