China News Agency, Los Angeles, February 28 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Labor Zhao Xiaolan said in Los Angeles recently that U.S.-China relations have a profound impact on world peace and prosperity.
Zhao Xiaolan is the 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor and the 18th Secretary of Transportation. She is the first Chinese woman to enter the U.S. government cabinet twice.
When she recently attended the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China in Los Angeles, she said that US-China relations have a profound impact on world peace and prosperity.
There is no choice but to deal peacefully and productively with our real differences.
She said that 50 years ago, President Nixon had the vision and courage to conceive and implement opening to China.
Today, we can remember him by continuing the many folk connections and cultural heritage he promoted.
It takes courage, faith and compassion to go into such a cause.
We can still improve the world if enough people try to do this in difficult and uncertain circumstances.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, Zhao Xiaolan talked about the impact of President Nixon's visit to China on her own family.
It was thanks to the "ice-breaking journey" 50 years ago that her father was able to reunite with his relatives in mainland China after 24 years.
Most people are familiar with the geopolitical implications of this bold foreign policy and move, she said, and perhaps lesser known but just as important, the visit's impact on millions of Chinese Americans and Chinese living around the world Had a profound personal impact.
In addition, Zhao Xiaolan also said that the stories of Chinese Americans and all Asian Americans are integrated into all aspects of American society.
She is excited to see the rise of new Asian American organizations such as the Asian American Foundation.
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