The Exchange - National Committee on United States-China Relations
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Zhao Qi<br />
Changzhou No. 1 Middle School<br />
zhaoqi0519@yahoo.com<br />
Zhao Zh<strong>on</strong>gyi<br />
Luoyang No. 2 Foreign Language<br />
School<br />
Zhou Xiangli<br />
Huiwen Middle School, Beijing<br />
zxl8901@yahoo.com<br />
Zhou Xinwen<br />
Nanjing No. 29 Middle School<br />
xinwen2002@yahoo.com<br />
Zhu Qing<br />
Beijing Vocati<strong>on</strong>al Senior High<br />
School for Foreign Affairs Service<br />
zhuqing2001@yahoo.com<br />
Zhu Ruzh<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Yangzhou Middle School<br />
zhuruzh<strong>on</strong>g@yahoo.com<br />
Zhu Shanping<br />
Nanjing Foreign Language School<br />
shanpingz@yahoo.com<br />
Jack Regan and Sun R<strong>on</strong>g at Joanne Parkhouse’s wedding in Suzhou<br />
Eric Zinn<br />
Andrea Zinn<br />
Brooklyn Technical High School, NY<br />
BioTcher45@hotmail.com<br />
A F<strong>on</strong>d Farewell<br />
Jack Regan<br />
Delivered over the public address<br />
system at the final flag-raising<br />
cerem<strong>on</strong>y of the year at Xinhua Middle<br />
School, Yangzhou, <strong>on</strong> July 4 th , 2002 at<br />
8:00 a.m.<br />
Ni hao! Ni hao! Zaoshang hao!<br />
This is Mr. Regan speaking, and that’s<br />
all the Chinese I can say!<br />
This morning I am happy and sad at the<br />
same time because I must say goodbye<br />
to you all. Saying goodbye makes me<br />
sad, but I am so happy that I have met<br />
and taught you, happy also to have met<br />
and to know your w<strong>on</strong>derful<br />
headmaster and principals and your<br />
teachers.<br />
Thank you for making this <strong>on</strong>e of the<br />
best years of my life. Because you are<br />
so great, I shall visit for a few days next<br />
year and I hope to return to <strong>China</strong> to<br />
teach the following year, 2003 – 2004.<br />
When people ask me what I like most<br />
about <strong>China</strong>, I always say “the people.”<br />
When I say that, I am thinking most<br />
about all of you and all of the people of<br />
Yangzhou who have treated me with<br />
kindness and generosity, people whom<br />
I have come to respect and to love.<br />
I am an old man, and I have learned<br />
many things in life. Let me tell you what<br />
I believe are the most important things.<br />
Live a real and full life. Find people you<br />
love who also love you. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>n you will<br />
know how right life can be. Be a good<br />
and true friend to your friends and they<br />
will be good to you, especially when<br />
you need them. Never be too afraid or<br />
too proud to ask for help. Do good<br />
things for other people.<br />
Make mistakes; learn from them and try<br />
not to make them again. Remember my<br />
amazing language mistake in Suzhou<br />
and the less<strong>on</strong> I learned about busses,<br />
taxis and my understanding of Chinese.<br />
Love your family. Love music, poetry,<br />
all the arts and all the colors of the<br />
world. Have the courage to dream, to<br />
imagine. Dream many dreams for your<br />
future and always have <strong>on</strong>e impossible<br />
dream, for, as we say in the U.S.,<br />
“sometimes we can make our dreams<br />
come true.” I dreamed about coming to<br />
<strong>China</strong> l<strong>on</strong>g before I actually came here.<br />
Be a good citizen of your country; be a<br />
good citizen of the world. Live each day<br />
fully and well. Learn to be happy. Help<br />
to keep our two countries – <strong>China</strong>, the<br />
Middle Kingdom, and the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong><br />
of America – <strong>on</strong> the road to lasting<br />
friendship.<br />
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