Barbados, an island country in the southeastern Caribbean Sea, established diplomatic relations with China in 1977. In the decades that have followed, the bond between the two countries has tightened.
, Ambassador of Barbados to China, has witnessed China’s development over the past years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2015 and then a master’s degree in 2017 from Tsinghua University, one of China’s reporter Li Xiaoyang, he shared his views on China’s development, as well as the Sino-Barbadian bond. Edited excerpts from their conversation follow: