An American University has renewed optimism for student exchanges between the U.S. and China, following a recent personal letter from President Xi Jinping.

Kean University in the U.S. state of New Jersey opened Wenzhou-Kean in China’s Zhejiang province in 2014, giving students the opportunity to live and study abroad. Now, President Xi says these exchanges have never been more important. 

Sally Patterson reports.

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