Confronting About China
Oct 21, 2021
4 minutes
By Li Nan
September 30 was a big day for David Ferguson. Dressed in his kilt, the 65-year-old Scotsman received the Friendship Award, the top prize given out annually by the Chinese Government to honor outstanding foreign experts, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. “It was a very memorable experience,” Ferguson told Beijing Review.
Ferguson stood out from the crowd in his kilt and, after delivering a speech to award recipients, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang approached him and asked in English, “Do you come from Scotland?” Ferguson answered in Chinese, “Yes, I’m Scottish.” Having lived in China for 15 years, he can now speak a little Chinese.
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