Through the knowledge gained and the connections made on this trip, the relations between the youth of Australia and China will continue to grow. But in addition to this I was amazed and impressed by the other Australian University students I had the chance to meet. In only one week since our first meeting in the hotel car park in Beijing about 50 of us became fast friends, exchanging our views on the People’s Republic, Mandarin9), education, politics and Sichuanese food, maybe over one or two beers. All my classmates on the delegation were not only very smart capable young men and women with an interest in mainland China, but on hearing their philosophies on China and Australia’s economic, political and cultural relationship with it, I felt sure that the future partnership between our two countries is in safe hands.
So it was with more than a little sadness on the last day of the Australian Youth Delegation to China that we all wandered into the middle of the Chinese Traditional Culture Village in Shenzhen, and proceeded to drench each other in water. According to the Chinese tradition of the Water Splashing Festival, the more water you pour over someone the more luck you give them, so we gave each other a good few hours of hair soaking and eye-reddening luck to remember each other by, and we certainly didn’t forget the dozens of Chinese tourists joining in the festival too.
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