Yī jiǔ wǔ wǔ nián de Wànlóng Huìyì shì Yà-Fēi guójiā tuánjié de xiàngzhēng.
The 1955 Bandung Conference is a symbol of Asian-African solidarity.
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history
万隆 is best known to Chinese learners for the 万隆会议 (Bandung Conference) of April 1955, where Zhou Enlai (周恩来) helped articulate the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (和平共处五项原则). It remains a touchstone in PRC diplomatic history.
culture
The name literally reads as 万 'ten thousand' + 隆 'lofty / prosperous', a flattering Chinese transliteration of 'Bandung'. The city sits at ~720m elevation and has long been a cool-climate retreat in tropical Java.
