AN­GE­LO JE­DIDI­AH

Re­porter/Pro­duc­er

an­ge­lo.je­didi­ah@guardian.co.tt

Chi­na’s new am­bas­sador to Trinidad and To­ba­go, Ren Hongyan, host­ed his first of­fi­cial event on Wednes­day, to com­mem­o­rate the 80th an­niver­sary of the vic­to­ry in the Chi­nese Peo­ple’s War of Re­sis­tance Against Japan­ese Ag­gres­sion and the World An­ti-Fas­cist War.

At a re­cep­tion at the Chi­nese Em­bassy in Mar­aval, Ren not­ed that dur­ing World War II, T&T played an im­por­tant role as an al­lied lo­gis­tics base and lat­er be­came “among the first Caribbean na­tions to achieve in­de­pen­dence in the post-war era.”

“It was al­so among the first Caribbean na­tions to achieve in­de­pen­dence in the post-war era, and has long spo­ken out on be­half of those who suf­fered from colo­nial­ism,” he said.

Ren, joined by Deputy Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary (Ag.) Er­i­ca For­tune of the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs, reaf­firmed Chi­na’s readi­ness to deep­en co­op­er­a­tion with T&T in ar­eas such as trade, cul­ture, ecol­o­gy, se­cu­ri­ty, re­new­able en­er­gy and tech­nol­o­gy.