摘要
On February 9,Korn Dabbaransi,chair of the Thailand-China Friendship Association and former vice-prime minister of Thailand,wrote to Lin Songtian,president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries,reminiscing on his past impressions of China and marveling at what the country had achieved in economic development,especially in eradicating absolute poverty.Following is the full text of his letter.