As the Chinese Folk Orchestra of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) finishes the classic piece “Reunification (Jiu Zhou Tong)” at the commencement ceremony, they stand and bow to the audience. The performers are graduating students, and the one holding a bamboo flute is xk星空官方网站, one of our top ten graduates.
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