Chapter 4　Anecdotes

Thanks to the reform and opening-up in 1978, foreigners have had the opportunity to have close interaction with China, and many have lived, studied, worked or done business in China for a long time. In this chapter, by sharing their personal stories about China, the authors recall their exclusive memories of China’s great changes in the past 40 years. Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation,recalls his visit to China with his father, Ryoichi Sasakawa,in the 1980s. When they met with Deng Xiaoping, he remembers the leader saying:“Reform and opening-up is the only path China can take to survive.” Atul Dalakoti,executive director of FICCI China, whose parents had worked in China since the 1950s, also shares his decades of life in China from the time he was 13, and how his family has witnessed the amazing economic revival of China.(https://www.daowen.com)