BEIJING: Malaysia and China may be thousands of kilometres apart, but the similarities of the two nations have brought the people together, if not closer.
Zhao Gang, who has made 36 working trips to Malaysia since 2001, said he felt like he had not left home because he still spoke Putonghua (Mandarin) with the locals. He was overwhelmed that Chinese lion dances, dragon boat races and festivals are well preserved and further developed in Malaysia.
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