At the asking of East Timor, China set up a ambassador level representative office in Sep.2000. Because difficult conditions in that time, the representative office have to put up the Olympia hotel where is to be rebuilt from a seacraft stopped in a seaside. I hope to get an autograph of the represent. I found the address and name of the represent from a website of China foreign affairs ministry, oh! Shao Guanfu. This is a familiar name. I look over my mail record, so he once is a ambassador in Mozambique. I ever asked his autograph in May 1998 (See 3-024). Now he was committed to under a new task for East Timor. In order to record the maritime diplomatic beachhead and the diplomatic relations before founding a state of East Timor, I sent the postcard for asking his autograph on Aug.10,2001 (See below, 148x100mm)　　

According the arrival postmark of the postcard, the date for arrived Dili was on Aug.29,2001. The date of autograph by ambassador was Oct.8,2001. The date received this postcard in Nanjing was Oct.26,2001. Thus it can be known the stayed time of the postcard in Dili is about one month and more. Perhaps the ambassador has had a plan for return China and go to Nanjing long ago, Perhaps he remembers again the not yet handling postcard before departure, whatsoever case, he always bears in mind this matter in his busy diplomatic affairs. Why? There are a few ambassadors memoirs in my bookcase, I recall a read poem. I found out it at once, that is a poem wrote by former Chinese ambassador in Albania Fan Chengzuo, the title is " Return to Baoying" (Note: Baoying is a county of Jiangsu province, ambassador Fan is a native of Baoying), to the effect that: (See the book " Ambassadors elegant" P346, published by Jiangsu people press in Aug.1996)

As the saying goes the birds go on along journey cherish the memory of former woods, 　　 People also said a man lived in a strange land often is anxious about his folks and townsman. Today I have returned my native place for make up a long cherished wish, 　　　　　　　　　　it is a endless musing over memories and an attachment and devotion to my motherland.

See through the thinking of the poet and ambassador, I seem to find the answer. The Chinese national spirit cast by a historic culture for up and down five thousands years, it has engraved the pure heart of a newborn babe of the descendants of the Chinese Nation for age after age. No matter what in the remotest corners of the globe and at what time and under what circumstances, you will feel this summon as the loving mother and this warm as a kinsfolk and friend. This small postcard will keep and reflect this kind of perpetual and inexhaustible feeling by its impression and handwriting.

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