"China is not like 40 years ago and the cities are very modern," he said. "Most people would be amazed if they saw other developments in China now. People there doing their daily job and going to work every day, are no difference from here."

The 69-year-old farmer was very glad he could help promote the agricultural cooperation between the two countries as "a citizen ambassador of friendship."

"I want them (people in both countries) to know we're friends. There will always be possibly some little differences. You just have to be good about talking issues out, reaching across the waters and being friends," he said. "Just like in an ocean that has rough waves, I'd like to be something that kind of can help smooth those waves out, just to make a relationship better and stronger."

(Xinhua correspondents Miao Zhuang in Chicago and Li Muzi in New York also contributed to the story.)

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