‘Coming to China has really been a dream of mine for a long time, from when I was a child,” Harriet Parkinson, a rising senior at Brigham Young University in the United States, said while attending the Bond With Kuliang: 2024 China-U.S. Youth Festival, which took place in Fuzhou, Fujian Province in southeast China, on June 24-28.
The seed was planted in the heart of this American girl when she was only 5 years old. At that time, her parents helped her make the choice to begin taking the Chinese classes offered by her school in Minnesota.
In June, she finally set foot in China for the first time and said she was fascinated by every new thing she saw and experienced. When talking about the biggest takeaway from this trip, Parkinson said she made many wonderful friends here, learning their stories and sharing experiences with each other.
The event was co-organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Fujian Provincial Government and the All-China Youth Federation. It gathered more than 200
