Envoy: More 'storytellers' needed on ties

Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng speaks at the "Written in the Sky: My China Story" event Saturday in New York. China's top envoy to the United States said he hopes younger generations of Chinese and Americans enhance exchanges and help improve relations between the two countries. Speaking at the "Written in the Sky: My China Story" event Saturday in New York, Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng said that the future of China-US relations lies in young people. Xie said that more than 10,000 American youths have visited China since President Xi Jinping proposed that 50,000 American young people go to China for exchanges and study programs over five years. At the event, Xie said he has received many letters from Americans since last year — children in California shared their excitement over the return of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo; a farmer by the Mississippi River expressed his hope to sell more corn to China; and many fans of Chinese culture, sinologists and students of the Chinese language voiced their support for a stable China-US relationship.