In July 2016, Ruud Kirill, who was only 38 years old at the time, was officially appointed by Belarusian ** Lukashenko as the ambassador plenipotentiary of Belarus to China, setting a record for the youngest ambassador to China in the history of Belarus.
Despite being only 38 years old, Ruud Kirill has had a deep relationship with China for decades. In 1992, he went to the United States as an exchange student to stay with a Chinese-American couple.
In 2007, he served as Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy in China. Even, he also served as the deputy general manager of Huawei Technologies *** in Belarus for a period of time......
Ludo. Kirill is full of deep understanding and inexplicable affection for this distant eastern country, as if it has long since become his second home. Therefore, when the letter of appointment of Lukashenko** was handed to him, he accepted it without hesitation.
From then on, Ruud. Kirill's embassy was based in Beijing, and he moved to Beijing to start a new life in China.
Ruud Kirill's family has a deep relationship with China. Not only Ruud Kirill himself, but also his wife and children came to China with him. As early as 2007, in Ruud Kirill's first year as counselor, he invited his fiancée, Yelena, to live in China.
This wonderful fate has made the Ruud Kirill family more closely connected with China.
Yelena agreed to her lover's request, and the two held their wedding in Beijing's bustling Tiananmen Square. At first, Yelena thought she was just accompanying her husband to work in China, but when they had a child, she thought they would return to their hometown.
However, since that trip to China, their lives have been closely connected to this ancient oriental country. This trip to China will completely change the trajectory of their lives in the future.
When Yelena first arrived in China, she was fascinated by what she saw. She found that China's cities were not only large, but also unusually modern, and that Beijing seemed like a "megacity" compared to her native Belarusian capital, Minsk.
Although there are large populous cities in Europe, she has never been able to see a city like Beijing, with its wide roads and perfect blend of classical and modern architecture.
Yelena was most impressed by Beijing. Before she came to China, she had expressed concern to her husband about security and language problems in China. However, her husband, Ruud Kirill, always smiled lightly and said that the Chinese are different from the people you meet in any country, they are very kind and polite.
Yelena's experience in Beijing gave her a deep sense of her husband's foresight. She found that the people here were very friendly, and although they didn't speak Belarusian, most of them could understand some English and communicate basically.
She gave birth to their first child, Anton, in Beijing. However, due to the demands of work and the responsibility of taking care of the children, Yelena and Anton had to return to Belarus.
Unexpectedly, when Anton was five years old, his father, Ruud Kirill, was appointed ambassador to China. At this time, he proposed to move to China with his wife and children.
At first, the couple disagreed on this proposal. Yelena objected to bringing little Anton to China, believing that he had been exposed to early Belarusian education, knew Russian and knew a little English, but he knew nothing about Chinese.
She couldn't help but wonder, how can a child who doesn't even speak the language come to China to learn?
Ludo. Kirill succeeded in convincing his wife that now was the perfect time for Anton Jr. to learn Chinese. He firmly believes that Chinese is the most spoken language in the world and that China is one of the most promising economies.
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Ruud Kirill's words moved Yelena and made her agree to take little Anton to China. China did not disappoint them, and Anton Jr. was enrolled in Parkview Green International School in Beijing, a first-class school with first-class teachers and a first-class institution that accepts primary and secondary school students from all over the world.
Even in the face of a small language like Belarusian, it can handle it easily. With the help of his teachers and classmates, little Anton quickly adapted to life here, made new friends, and learned new Chinese characters.
Every day when he comes home, he shows his mother the results of his learning. Before coming to China, Anton didn't know a single Chinese character, but after only one year at Parkview Green International School in Beijing, he was able to speak Chinese fluently, even on par with other Chinese children.
Such a change surprised and pleasantly surprised both Yelena and Ruud Kirill.
Little Anton's quick adaptation made Ruud. Kyrill and Yelena were relieved, so after the birth of their second child, Elijah, they decided to let their youngest son, Elijah, be educated in China.
So, the family of four settled down in Beijing.
In his integration into Chinese life, Anton has become a bridge for cultural exchange. He not only took good care of his little brother, but also often taught him to speak Chinese, and even demonstrated and corrected syllable-by-syllable, which shows the degree of care.
During the few years they lived in China, Ruud Kirill and Yelena also achieved a high level of Chinese through their own efforts.
Ruud Kirill not only holds a public position in the embassy, but also works as a professor of Belarusian linguistics at the University of Foreign Chinese in Tianjin. He can even take his family to the vegetable market and negotiate prices with vendors in Chinese.
This person with rich language skills also gained a second career in Tianjin University of Foreign Chinese, a college of foreign Chinese with a long history. It is also the first batch of master's degree-granting institutions in China.
Since there are very few speakers of the Belarusian language in the country, the school invited Ruud Kirill to help the students in his spare time. Ruud Kirill embraced it because he loved the academic atmosphere at school.
Ruud Kirill studied economics and worked for seven years at the Finance Department of the Belarusian State University of Economics.
Despite his busy schedule, Ruud. Kirill still insists on returning to the classroom and spending precious time with the students. His seven years of teaching experience have made his teaching coherent, relatable, and able to build deep relationships with students.
He is well prepared for every class and strives to give the students the best possible teaching experience.
Ruud Kirill, a university professor born in the 70s, is young and promising compared to professors of the same age. He works at Tianjin Foreign Chinese University and is well received by students.
He considers his job at Tianjin University of Foreign Studies Chinese one of the great joys of his life, as it was the first university in China to offer an undergraduate program in Belarusian language, and a statue of the Belarusian national poet Yakubkra is erected on the campus.
New Copywriter: Ruud. Kirill had an indescribable emotion in his heart. As a small country with a population of less than 10 million and an area of only 200,000 square kilometers, Belarus's existence is often overlooked by the world.
However, in the first of this population.
1. In the third largest country in the world, see the statue of the great man of his country, Ruud. Kirill's heart was filled with emotion.
As a result, he became more and more willing to devote all his energy to teaching his students. In addition to his lectures in class, Ruud Kirill also takes the initiative to communicate with students outside of class.
In years of dealing with China, Ruud Kirill has become fluent in Chinese. In the dialogue, he will share his love for Chinese food, and will also mention that he communicates with students, virtually establishing a "bridge of cultural exchange".
Ludo. Kirill's children, Anton and Ilya, also have their own "business", which is the annual "Diplomat Costume Contest". Since 2011, China has invited diplomats and their families from various countries to participate in this competition, which aims to promote cultural exchanges between countries.
In the competition, international friends will perform in their respective national costumes, and the jury will score and judge. To make sure the game went smoothly, Yelena and Ruud. Kirill asked Anton and Ilya to start preparing early.
Although the four-year-old may have been the youngest in the entire bout, he has clearly recognised the importance of the bout and has prepared for it seriously.
The Republic of Belarus is located in the western part of the Eastern European Plain and is one of the world's leading flax producers. Fabrics woven from flax fibers are also the main material used by the Belarusian people for traditional clothing.
Two young boys, dressed in red and white linen costumes, were engrossed in rehearsals with dreams of winning the competition. It's already a compulsory part of their course every year.
In 2018, they successfully defended their title, won the applause of the audience, and let more people know about this Eastern European country.
Ludo. Kirill looks forward with confidence to the future exchanges and development between China and Belarus, and he believes that China has become a second home for him and his family. Today, 13-year-old Anton is studying in a middle school in Beijing, and his younger brother Ilya has also entered primary school, and the family is increasingly fond of life in China.
All this gives them full confidence in the future exchanges and development between China and Belarus.
Ruud Kirill and Yelena's family maintain a low-key lifestyle, and apart from a few interviews, they have little direct interaction with the public. They want to be treated as ordinary people and not as "foreigners" all the time.
When asked by reporters, Ruud Kirill has an in-depth understanding of the history of China and Belarus, and he prefers to tell the story of his birth in the year of reform and opening up, rather than directly stating his date of birth.
Their goal is to truly integrate into the country and become a part of it.
Ruud Kirill spoke confidently about the relations between China and Belarus and looked forward to future cooperation: "Belarus and China officially established diplomatic relations on January 20, 1992, and Belarus is located at the junction of Eurasian economic cooperation and the European Union, which is an important hub for the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
With the Chinese one'The Belt and Road Initiative'With the implementation of the strategy, Belarus has received unprecedented opportunities for development. With the relationship between the two countries developing steadily, with leaders meeting almost every year, the potential for future cooperation is limitless, and we look forward to further deepening cooperation in the coming days. ”
Ruud Kirill's bookcase treasures several precious **s**, one of which is a photo of him with Belarusian ** Lukashenko. Lukashenko gave him detailed instructions on his work tasks at that time, and the experience was deep and unforgettable for him.
The other is a photo of him with the Chinese leader, and he vividly remembers the two of them joking: "China and Belarus are very close because there is one country separated by them, and that is Russia." ”
In the context of globalization, Ruud. Kirill is well aware that the Belt and Road Initiative is a crucial part of Belarus's prosperity. He actively plays the role of a bridge between China and Belarus, which is also the core value of his work.
In the face of the escalation of the Sino-US war in recent years and the move of some countries to cut off cooperation and even confrontation with China, Ruud. Kirill was adamantly against it, believing it to be irrational behavior.
He said that if any country wants to join the normal international community, it must deal with China, and no country can avoid China. Those politicians who blindly choose to confront China, regardless of right and wrong, are acting out of pure speculation.
Ruud Kirill stressed that the international community should view China with an objective and rational attitude, and his experience told him that as the Belarusian ambassador to China, he was deeply impressed by the daily witnesses of China's innovation and development, especially the speed of China's information technology development.
He believes that China's development and advanced working methods in recent years have significantly improved the operational efficiency of the whole society, so China's experience in information technology and software is worth learning and learning from other countries.