China and US can go beyond differences By Zhao Manfeng | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-09-22 09:38

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/22/WS6ab1dc14e4b06d4aa055f6b6.html Twenty-six years ago, an American donated $5,000 to a Chinese woman he had never met. She used it to buy saplings and planted them in the sand, turning barren land into a forest. That's how the friendship began. Their reunion this August in China drew widespread attention and touched many hearts.