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During the provincial event to advance the “Invigorate Yunnan, Benefit
Border Areas” New-Era Cultural-Ethical Practice Belt, vloggers from Thai- Through a kaleidoscope of
land, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, and Sri Lanka took part
and visited the “Three-Man” Cultural-Ethical Practice Demonstration Site
in Menghan Town, Jinghong City. Jointly developed by the three villages cultural-ethical progress
of Mankongdai, Manluanzhan, and Mankongmai, the site served as a key
destination for these international cultural explorers. Carrying with them
reflections on development and social wellbeing, they began a journey of
discovery, moving from theory to practice amid Yunnan’s lush mountains and
lucid waters. 文明万花筒
在云南省推进“兴滇润边新时代文明实践带”建设主题活动中，来自泰国、老挝、越南、缅甸、柬埔寨、印度、
斯里兰卡的传播官们，一同走进位于景洪市勐罕镇由曼空岱、曼峦站、曼空迈三村联建的“三曼”文明实践示范点，
成为“文明探寻者”。他们带着对文明、发展、幸福的思考，在云南的绿水青山间，开启了一场从理论到实践的文
明发现之旅。

By Shu Wen, Shen Yan, Chen Chen, Wang Yunya,Hu Lixian, Zhang Yinglin, and Yang Chunmei □ 舒文 沈燕 陈晨 王韵雅 胡丽仙 张莹琳 杨春梅 / 文

Co-shining as one family

美，一家亲

“I realized at that moment how cultural seeds quietly “Fast” is more than a description of the China-Laos
take root and blossom in such warm, everyday places,” Railway; it also captures Htike Lwin Ko’s deep hope
shared Htike Lwin Ko, a vlogger from the Yunnan In- for the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor. “I look for-
ternational Communication Center for South and South- ward to the economic corridor accelerating just like the
east Asia, after visiting the Paukphaw Library in Ruili. China-Laos Railway,” he said. During his visit to Ruili,
Sunlight poured through the glass windows onto rows Htike Lwin Ko saw a new energy in China-Myanmar
of bookshelves, where Chinese and Myanmar children cooperation, with factories emerging in border industrial
sat side by side, reading together—a scene that stayed parks and creating tens of thousands of jobs on both
vividly with him. sides. To him, this industrial partnership has become an-
Along Yunnan’s long border, heartwarming stories other strong bridge connecting the two countries.
like these unfold every day. For Ye Gala, a Lao student On one side lies the modern vibe of the China-Laos
at Mengla County Vocational Senior High School, “ex- Railway, and on the other, the century-old charm of the
tremely fast” describes not only the China-Laos Railway Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. To Vietnamese girl Huang
but also the pace at which his youth and dreams are Qiuxian, this railway has evolved from a lifeline during
coming true. His two older sisters studied at the same the war to a bond of openness today, witnessing the deep
school before him. After graduating, they and their friendship between the peoples of China and Vietnam
classmates have gone on to become confident train con- across the centuries.
ductors on the China-Laos Railway, work in internation- Along the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, Huang came to
al trade, or start their own businesses… Yunnan’s Hekou Yao Autonomous County Vocational
Ye Gala’s hometown, too, has boarded this “extreme- Senior High School to complete her studies and became
ly fast” train of development. Where sweet mangoes a “cultural promoter” for China-Vietnam relations.
and longans once risked spoiling in the fields due to Through various cultural activities, she showcases Vi-
poor transport, they can now be picked in the morning etnam’s Ao Dai and water puppetry to Chinese friends
and reach Kunming markets by evening. “Every time while introducing Chinese calligraphy and tea culture
I go home and see the busy trucks and the unstoppable to her Vietnamese compatriots. “I am delighted to have
smiles on villagers’ faces, I truly feel that a better life is come to Yunnan along this century-old railway, where I
speeding toward us along these tracks,” Ye Gala said. can freely enjoy a bright future and happiness,” Huang
After graduation, he hopes to follow his sisters’ path and said at the event, displaying a calligraphy work that read
become a bridge linking the progress of both countries, “China and Vietnam, One Family”—the words she most
helping more villagers share in the opportunities brought wanted to express and the shared aspiration of both peo-
by the Belt and Road Initiative. ples.