(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Mutual Encouragement Between Travelers in Yunnan and Italian "Brother": "Come Together"
Chinanews.com Kunming, March 16th: The mutual encouragement of travel experts in Yunnan and the Italian "brother": "Let's work together"
China News Network reporter Hu Yuanhang
On the 16th, the seventh day after Italy announced its "state closure", watching the ever-increasing number of confirmed cases in the region, the yellow elephant in Yunnan travellers was always uneasy. There, there is his Italian "brother" Corrado Politi.
The picture shows a yellow elephant meeting with Corrado Politi and his wife in Rome. Photo courtesy of Yellow Elephant
"I am all right in Rome." After confirming that "Brother" and his family were safe on WeChat, Yellow Elephant breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the outbreak of New Crown Pneumonia, Yellow Elephant and "Old Brother" have maintained WeChat contact. At first it was "Brother" to cheer him up, and now Yellow Elephant started to miss "Brother" again. "We are encouraging each other and cheering together," said Yellow Elephant.
The yellow elephant and the "brother" are a pair of transnational "donkey friends" with 10 years of friendship. One is the secretary and executive vice-chairman of the Yunnan Self-Driving and Caravan Camping Association, and a foreign consultant of the China Tourism Research Institute. After meeting at the China International Tourism Fair in 2010, the two toured together in Yunnan and Thailand. . Yellow Elephant calls the "brother" who travels to Yunnan almost every year as "Modern Marco Polo", and the "Brother" calls Yellow Elephant as "Chinese Marco Polo".
The picture shows the Yellow Elephant and Corrado Politi flying over Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang. Photo courtesy of Yellow Elephant
"Before the Spring Festival, my brother expressed my wishes for the Chinese New Year. We still made an appointment. When his blood sugar dropped, we would travel to Yunnan by car. Never thought that the epidemic was coming." Yellow Elephant said that he was informed of the new crown pneumonia outbreak in China. Later, the "brother" sent condolences for the first time and asked him to "take care of himself". "Brother" far away in Rome saw that the Chinese restaurant near his home was left out, and from time to time he patronized and said hello.
"It's very angry to watch Chinese people being discriminated against. I know China and the Chinese people and love China and the Chinese people. Everyone is not a virus, everyone is trying to control the epidemic. I want to express my support in this way." In a chat In writing, "Brother" deeply moved the yellow elephant.
The picture shows Corrado Politi attending the Hani Long Street Banquet in Luchun, Yunnan. Photo courtesy of Yellow Elephant
Subsequently, an outbreak occurred in Italy, and the Yellow Elephant began to remind the "brother" to pay attention to protection and reduce unnecessary outings.
"Our situation is just like Wuhan three weeks ago. Facts have proven that China's measures are correct, and we need to learn with an open mind." On the 12th, the China Anti-epidemic Medical Expert Group arrived in Rome with 31 tons of medical supplies. "Brother" Express gratitude to China in WeChat chat. The Yellow Elephant cheered "Brother" and said, "China can, Italy can!"
Under the epidemic, the friendship between the yellow elephant and the "older brother" has become deeper. More and more people in the two countries are moving towards understanding and cooperation.
The picture shows Corrado Politi's Song Festival in Dehong, Yunnan. Photo courtesy of Yellow Elephant
In the past few days, many Italian netizens wrote "Grazie" on the official Facebook of the Chinese Embassy in Italy (thank you). On Chinese social media, the warm-hearted scene of the Italians holding a "concert on the terrace" also touched countless people, everyone cheered for Italy; on the afternoon of the 16th, in the Yunnan Italian chef Diego taught netizens to make pasta by live broadcast, which also attracted many Less interaction with Chinese netizens.
According to Yellow Elephant, this is the friendship between ordinary people and the greatness of ordinary people.
"Regardless of nationality, regardless of nationality, we live together in the global village. We are a community of shared destiny for mankind. In the face of disasters, we must unite and care for each other in order to finally overcome the disease." Huang Xiangxiang said that he and "Old Italy" look forward The epidemic passed quickly. (Finish)