"Soaring high like a golden eagle": Xi and China-Kazakhstan friendship

by Xinhua writer Shi Xiaomeng

BEIJING/ASTANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A soaring eagle carrying the Sun adorns the Order of the Golden Eagle, the highest honor of Kazakhstan.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping received this accolade from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2022, Xi envisioned a future where China-Kazakhstan relations would soar high like a golden eagle towards a bright horizon.

"A genuine