初心——李小林会长和她的马耳他情结

(一)一九七五年一月七日,在盛大隆重的欢迎仪式中,马耳他共和国总理明托夫第二次踏上了中国领土这个有'地中海心脏'之称的欧洲小国,在很多世界地图上恐怕只能沦为一个模糊的小黑点,但在大洋彼岸的中国老百姓眼中并不陌生。因为就在三年前,尼克松破冰之旅仅仅一个月后,明托夫就力排众议首访中国。他,是西欧国家第一个来访的总理,这一步背后的政治信号意义难以估量。明托夫没有白白'冒险'。

From where we start A story of President Li Xiaolin with Malta

One On Jan 7,1975,a grand welcoming ceremony was as held for Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff at Capital International Airport in Beijing.It was Mintoff’s second visit to China.Known as the heart of the Mediterranean,Malta is so small a country that in most world maps it appears only as a tiny dot.But in China,Malta is widely known