Chinese embassy opens its door for guests to experience cultural practices

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The Chinese embassy in Malaysia hosted an open day on Saturday (Sept 23) in conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese National Day.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The Chinese embassy held an open day at its premises on Saturday where participants experienced

00:06 cultural activities. The event was organised to coincide with both the Mid-Autumn Festival

00:13 and Chinese National Day. Some 60 students from Sekolah Meningah Islam, Hira Madrasah,

00:18 Tafis Al-Quran Al-Walid were among those who participated in the event.

00:24 Minister of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia, Zhang Shifang, said

00:29 the event highlighted three important occasions.

00:32 "We have three important celebrations. First, you know, today the Asian Games will begin

00:39 this evening in Hangzhou, China. So it's a very great event for all the Asian peoples,

00:47 including Malaysia and China. Second, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. You know, this

00:54 festival is a celebration for the family reunion in China and it is also the harmony of nature

01:02 and human beings is the symbol. Third one is our National Day, you know, National Day

01:07 will be on October 1st. As for the China-Malaysia relationship, up till now it is so far good,

01:14 particularly this year, you know, this year your Prime Minister Angwar visited China twice

01:23 and he reached the consensus, the most important consensus with the Chinese President to build

01:29 China-Malaysia community with a shared future, which charters a new path for the development

01:36 of the China-Malaysia relationship in the near future."

01:40 Zhang said Malaysia and China have seen increased high-level exchanges and the embassy is committed

01:46 to foster cultural exchanges among the youth.

01:49 "Thank you."

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