Literary ties between Sri Lanka and China: Sena Thoradeniya

(Extracts from a Speech delivered at the BMICH Banquet Hall on 15 September 2014 at the Sri Lanka-China Writers’ Forum)

It gives me a great pleasure to make a presentation at this august forum attended by some distinguished visitors from the Peoples’ Republic of China, including Ms. Mo Ying of Beijing International Book Fair Management Office, writers such as Mr. Alai and Mr. Xu Zechen, who had visited Sri Lanka in conjunction with the state visit of President Xi Jinping. I thank Mr. Ananda Goonetilleke, President of the Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association and Ms. Mo Ying for according this opportunity to me.