Practically 100 years in the past, a younger New Zealander landed in Shanghai, China. From then on, he devoted the remaining 60 years of his life to China, to the revolution and to academic causes of the nation.
That man was Rewi Alley, considered one of China’s prime ten international mates.
Quick ahead 97 years to April 21, 2024, and a documentary on Rewi premiered at a seminar on his legacy in Auckland, New Zealand.
Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese language Individuals’s Affiliation for Friendship with International International locations, despatched a congratulatory letter, stating that inheriting and selling the spirit of Rewi Alley, deepening mutual understanding, belief, and friendship between the 2 peoples, particularly the youthful era, is of nice significance to additional consolidate and develop China-New Zealand relations within the new period.
He wished the spirit of Rewi Alley and the New Zealand-China Friendship Seminar a whole success.
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Rewi’s foster son Deng Bangzhen, who can also be chairman of the New Zealand Alley Friendship Memorial Committee, delivers a speech on the occasion.
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Deputy Mayor of Auckland Desley Simpson delivers a speech on the occasion.
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The President of New Zealand China Friendship Society Auckland Department delivers a speech on the occasion.
New Zealand China Friendship Society President Chris Lipscombe praised the extraordinary significance of this assembly in a congratulatory video. Rewi Alley’s former secretary Li Jianping, Shanghai Each day editor-in-chief Liu Qi, and Rewi’s foster son Nie Guangtao additionally despatched congratulatory movies.
Greater than 120 friends watched the documentary trilogy “Discovering Rewi Alley” by Andy Boreham, a New Zealand compatriot of Rewi. Boreham is a video director from Shanghai Each day, and winner of the Shanghai Magnolia Memorial Award.
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Documentary “Discovering Rewi Alley,” made by Shanghai Each day’s Andy Boreham, premieres on the seminar.
By Andy’s lens, viewers can hint Rewi’s 60 yr historical past in China, his revolutionary friendship with the Chinese language folks, and his selfless internationalist spirit.
This was additionally the worldwide premiere of the trilogy, and the viewers current was moved by the honest feelings between Rewi Alley and the Chinese language folks.
The occasion was hosted by the New Zealand China Friendship Society, and the New Zealand Rewi Alley Friendship Memorial Committee, and arranged by the New Zealand Friendship for Peace Affiliation and Hunan Basic Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand.
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Rewi’s niece Dorothy Alley tells the story of Rewi Alley throughout the seminar.
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Deng Bangzhen and his spouse Lu Bo, who’s a sculptor, hand over their books on Rewi Alley in addition to thank-you letters to the co-organizers. Each of them are over 80 years outdated and categorical their dedication to proceed selling the spirit of Rewi.
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Greater than 120 friends attend the occasion.
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