GLOBALink | Youth exchange "big part of way" to cement China-U.S. friendship: Utah delegates

- It is now "a period when we're focused on youth and on the sub-national... Think of the rising generations in universities and in laboratories doing many things together."

- "When people interact at a personal level, the fear goes away, and the ability to think poorly of the other goes away. That will be critical for our countries going forward."

A group of delegates from the U.S. state of Utah shared with Xinhua their expectations on cementing China-U.S. friendship during their recent visit to Beijing and Shanghai.

The 13-member team included officials, scholars, language program specialists and school children from the state.

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