2019年CRI Son of French doctor helps China France communications

Five years ago, Chinese president Xi Jinping paid tribute to a French doctor who risked his life delivering life-saving medicines to Chinese soldiers in the war against Japanese invaders¹.

Now his son is continuing with his legacy² by promoting cultural communications between China and France.

During his state visit to France in 2014, President Xi Jinping highly praised Dr. Jean-Augustin Bussière's contribution and his friendship with the Chinese people.

Jean-Louis Bussière said his father had always stood by the Chinese people during the War of Resistance against the Japanese Agression.

"During the war, transportation became very difficult. It's even harder to transport supplies out of Beijing, as Japanese army set up military blockade almost everywhere. My father transported medicine and medical equipment at risk of his own life. He also transformed his clinic into a treatment center for the injured in the war. Some of his patients were Chinese soldiers from front lines."

Bussiere senior came to China in 1913 as the head physician for the French Legation and the director of a French hospital. He lived through many changes in China and returned to France in the early 1950s at the age of 82.

During his 40-year stay in China, Bussiere Senior was known to have treated the poor for free.

He also transported medicines for the Chinese army by bike during the occupation of Japan.

In a speech delivered during his 2014 visit to mark the 50th anniversary of China-France ties, Xi Jinping dubbed³ this medical transport route as the Hump by bike.

Bussiere junior still remembers the moment when he was received by the Chinese leader five years ago.

"For all of us, for me myself, it was a significant moment. I was particularly moved by president Xi speech at the French foreign ministry⁴ in which he mentioned my father's efforts in offering medical help in China."

Bussiere Junior also spoke⁵ of the time he first received an invitation to travel to Beijing.

During that trip, he visited the place where his father once lived.

"In 2014, I first visited the Bussiere's Garden and felt very excited. I used to see the garden only in old photos taken fifty years ago. I found the garden had been renovated⁶ and opened to the public, which specially⁷ moved me a lot. That moment was unforgettable. "

Since then, Bussiere Junior has traveled to China regularly every year.

His family has also set up Bussiere Association which is dedicated⁸ to promoting bilateral⁹ cultural exchanges in the name of his father.

1 invaders   

入侵者，侵略者，侵入物( invader的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They prepared to repel the invaders. 他们准备赶走侵略军。
• The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders. 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

2 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

3 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 renovated   

翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
• The house has been renovated three years earlier. 这所房子三年前就已翻新。

7 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

8 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

9 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。