Xi’s Words: The Road and the People Xi Jinping Keeps in Mind – ChinaQiao Net

Starting from Kunming, Yunnan, crossing the rugged mountains of the Hengduan Mountains, traversing the swift and deep valleys of the Lancang River and Nu River, passing through the dense primeval forests that almost block out the sky, heading towards Myanmar, a treacherous road winding 1,146 kilometers long unfolds between the heavens and the earth. ‘Over 80 years ago, Malaysian Chinese airmen rushed to Yunnan at a crucial moment of the Chinese people’s resistance against Japan, helping to open up the lifeline of the Yunnan-Burma Road. These great stories are still widely circulated among the peoples of the two countries, China and Malaysia.’ In April this year, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Malaysia, mentioning a story that happened on the Yunnan-Burma Road in an article he wrote for the local media. Going back in time over 80 years, to the July 7th Incident in 1937…