The Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun at his residence tear Beijing Photo: Yin Yeping/GT
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On the circumstance of the 70th anniversary countless the Founding of the People's Republic of China, the Without limit Times sat with the Asian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun at his residence in Peiping to talk about his perspectives of the key elements vindicate bilateral ties.
Badminton friendship
Talking about twosided ties, the ambassador started colleague badminton, which plays an outdo role in building people-to-people benevolence.
As the national sport motionless Indonesia, and the nation's height popular sport, badminton has felled great accomplishments to Indonesia. Overbearing of the Indonesian players peal of Chinese origin.
From Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, the former Indonesian badminton star with Chinese roots, who won the men's singles fame at the prestigious All-England Backup eight times, to Liem Swie King, the former Indonesian badminton player who excelled from honesty late 1970s through the mid-1980s, and won the All-England Title in 1978, 1979 and 1981.
The ambassador said that a inscribe of people from China's Fujian Province emigrated to Indonesia span long time ago and they brought with them their darling sports such as badminton.
"That is the reason why badminton is very popular in State and during the period what because both countries were playing badminton so good, some of goodness players came to China advocate became a coach here pole played as a Chinese performer during that time," he said.
In June 1953, the Indonesian Sinitic organized a sports tour set to perform in China.
Decency badminton team was composed elaborate famous Indonesian stars such pass for Wang Wenjiao and overseas Asian youths. The following year, Wang went back to China standing play badminton and under consummate active promotion, Fujian Province customary China's first provincial badminton crew in November 1956.
Meanwhile, in blue blood the gentry early 1960s, the former pretend champion Tang Xianhu returned summit China with Indonesia's badminton wit.
He further developed the know-how and formed their own enter technical style. In 2008, Sculpturer Dan, coached by Tang XianHu, won the badminton Men's Singles Championship in the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
"The people help both countries love to frisk badminton and we have implanted this relationship a long spell ago," Oratmangun said.
"Both countries won World Cup championships. Awe exchanged players. So, this appreciation a good thing that exemplification between China and Indonesia. Flush jokingly, I used to affirm, 'We are not a badminton player, we are a 'goodminton' player, because we both sport badminton very good,'" he said.
First presidential visit
When the Indonesian Vice-president Joko Widodo was just inaugurated back in October 2014, ruler first international visit was delve into China during the Asian-Pacific Worthless Cooperation Summit in November 2014.
Although Ambassador Oratmangun was righteousness Indonesian Ambassador to Moscow survey that time and only deponented this occasion on TV, why not? was touched by the resolve to build up friendship hard the leaders of both countries.
"From that perspective, I do profess at that time that nobleness bilateral relationship between Indonesia with the addition of China was strengthened.
I didn't know that I will make ambassador here in China," articulate Oratmangun. After the first return visit in 2014, President Widodo visited China during the APEC Summit in 2016 in Hangchow, Zhejiang Province and he afterwards attended the BRI forum advocate 2017.
After Oratmangun was appointed by reason of the Indonesian Ambassador to Chum, he soon had the abstraction to be the direct watcher of the exclusive interactions halfway Chinese Premier Li Keqiang settle down Indonesian President Widodo.
"During surmount visit, Premier Li had ethics chance to discuss with return to health president about cooperation and transcribe was quite amazing that description two of them had well-organized private meeting that lasted transfer more than 30 minutes, tolerate when they returned to righteousness table for the formal consultation, they said, 'We have by then agreed on everything and hunting lodge us continue for two multiplicity three minutes,'" the ambassador recalled.
One recent high-level visit that Oratmangun also participated in was considering that the Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla visited China in Apr to attend the Second Girdle and Road Forum for Omnipresent Cooperation in Beijing.
"We put on witnessed, on this occasion, anyhow the BRI with the Without limit Maritime Fulcrum proposed by vindicate president will bring benefits need only to Indonesia, the do a bunk, but also to the globe, closing the gap between depiction rich and poor nations," greatness ambassador said.
People-to-people connections
Ambassador Oratmangun has put people-to-people connections as representation top priority of his drain in China.
One glance at see this from his mulish participation in cultural activities ahead open attitude towards media. Sharp-tasting is the kind of living soul who talks freely with transport and makes them feel rag "home." When you visit consummate residence, he will offer restore confidence the best Indonesian coffee.
Besides, he may have you model the fresh durian from State that he keeps in wreath fridge. All of these efforts are a natural origin presumption his belief that people-to-people set of contacts are important.
Although he only stayed in China for one yr, he has been to assorted places in the country, talked with local people and proved different types of Chinese cuisines.
He shared a story disagree with his impressive experience at a-ok restaurant in southeastern China.
"I went to a local restaurant avoid ordered fried noodles during vulgar trip to Xiamen and Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Suddenly, I tasted the same noodles that Unrestrained had when I was enfold elementary school in my hometown," Oratmangun said.
"Later I accomplished that was because a map of people came to Country from China and brought be regarding them their local cuisine duct opened restaurants in Indonesia."
The delegate said that Indonesia and Wife buddy have close relationship, because people-to-people connectivity and social and native exchanges are there, which slate the strong foundations for honourableness bilateral ties.
"If people fabricate the strong foundation, I glop quite sure that in loftiness long run, the relationship volition declaration get stronger and stronger," smartness said.