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Heartstrings across borders:

A shared watch for peace

心心相通 守望和平

By Wang Huan, Chen Chen, Wang Yunya,Yang Chunmei, and Yin Jie □ 王欢 陈晨 王韵雅 杨春梅 尹洁 / 文

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This year marks the 80 anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese
Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
In early August, a quiet cross-border gathering for peace brought together more than twenty young bloggers
and media professionals from China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia, togeth-
er with representatives from Yunnan’s trade offices in Laos, Cambodia, and France. They took part in the
“Yunnan Hand in Hand Program” Overseas Communication Officer Incubation Camp, hosted by the Yun-
nan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by the Yunnan
International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia.
Over five days, the participants honed their skills in short-video storytelling and AI-assisted
production, learning how to make their content more engaging and far-reaching. Together, they
worked on telling stories of common destiny, shared peace, and mutual development. During
field visits, they came to a deeper understanding: peace is more than the absence of war;
it is protection passed down through generations, empathy that crosses borders, and a
commitment that each new generation renews through words and deeds.

今年是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利 80 周年。
循着历史的脉络追问和平的真谛，8 月初，一场跨越国界的和平之约悄然启幕。来自
中国、老挝、越南、缅甸、柬埔寨、马来西亚、印度尼西亚的青年博主和媒体从业者，以
及云南省驻老挝、柬埔寨、法国商务代表处等相关代表 20 余人齐聚云南，参加由云南省人
民对外友好协会主办、云南省南亚东南亚区域国际传播中心承办的“心
联通 云南行”海外传播官孵化营。

5 天时间里，大家学习短视频创作与 AI 视频制作技术能力，不断
增强内容的传播力与感染力，共同讲述命运与共、共享和平、共谋发
展的故事。通过实地参访，大家深切地感受到，和平不只是没有硝烟，
更是代代相传的守护、跨越国界的共情，以及青年一代用语言与行动
续写的共同承诺。

Here, my ancestors’ stories vessel from Jinhu Town in Fujian’s Jinmen County to trade in in a different direction—studying the Nanyang volunteers,
Singapore; later, her grandfather moved the family from Sin-
aiming to become “the thread that connects the scattered
come alive gapore to Sarawak, Malaysia, where they settled. Growing up, pieces.” “My great-grandfather linked two shores with his
she heard adults speak of “the nation in danger, needing money cargo ship; the Nanyang drivers and mechanics kept a life-
我在这里读懂祖辈的故事
and people,” but she never fully grasped why her forebears felt line open with their trucks. I want to use words and stories
On a summer afternoon at the Nanyang Drivers and Me- that urgent pull to “go back and help.” to help more overseas Chinese recognize the roots inside
chanics Memorial Hall in the Kunming Museum, Cai Shun- At eighteen, Cai enrolled at Xiamen University to study Chinese culture,” Cai explained.
ming, a Malaysian student at Xiamen University, paused Teaching Chinese as an International Language. Surround-
with her camera, her gaze resting on an old photograph. ed by the sounds and scenes of Southern Fujian, she felt The Flying Tigers, a living
The image of Nanyang volunteers from Sarawak, Malaysia, she had returned to the world her great-grandfather once
brought back her grandmother’s often-repeated words: “In knew. Now, standing in the Nanyang Drivers and Mechan- legacy beyond history
those days, people returned with such conviction—they ics Memorial Hall and looking at photos of those who left 飞虎队不只停驻于历史长空
were even willing to risk their lives.” home and safety to serve, she finally understood what her
“My grandfather’s close friend Li Yaliu was exactly that grandmother called “an unshakable sense of duty.” This Inside glass display cases at the Kunming Memorial
kind of person,” Cai said. During the War of Resistance, year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Hall Commemorating the Victory of the War of Resistance
Li made his way from Malaysia to Yunnan and joined the Anti-Fascist War. Learning that Malaysia plans to build a Against Japanese Aggression, artifacts rest quietly—each
Nanyang volunteer drivers and mechanics. In a memoir kept memorial hall in Kuala Lumpur for Nanyang volunteer driv- holding a piece of history. A steel helmet marked by bullets,
in her family’s study, he wrote: “On the Yunnan-Myanmar ers and mechanics has only deepened her conviction: “Peace worn rubber shoes, yellowed papers, a pilot’s goggles, rust-
Highway, I saw trucks and comrades go over cliffs. I heard requires the vigilance of every generation; the future must ed shell casings and a field radio, even everyday things like
wild animals howl in the night… I always held the steering be shaped by all of us, together.” mess kits and lipstick from the time. Together, they tell the
wheel tight, hoping the sound of the engine would somehow The peace-themed discussions during the camp gave story of the Flying Tigers.
keep this lifeline open.” her a new perspective. As an undergraduate, she and other Today, “Flying Tigers” means more than a chapter in a war;
“Ancestral land, homeland, birthplace—I could never quite international students had made videos comparing cultures, it has grown into a symbol of peace upheld across nations.
link these ideas before,” Cai reflected. Her own family carries looking at Chinese intangible cultural heritage through an “Being here today and seeing so many artifacts, I can
a classic diaspora story: her great-grandfather sailed a cargo outside lens. Now she hopes to take her doctoral research feel the respect China holds for the Flying Tigers,” said Chu