8月23日,中国驻杜塞尔多夫总领馆发文:中国乒乓球运动员樊振东20日在新东家杜塞尔多夫俱乐部正式亮相。

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Santiago Gamboa, writer and minister counselor of the Embassy of Colombia in China, (left) and Héctor Abad Faciolince, a Colombian novelist, writer and journalist at a sharing session at the Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in China on August 18, 2026. Photo: Dong Feng/GT
The Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in China hosted a colloquium with Héctor Abad Faciolince, a Colombian novelist, writer and journalist. The writer shared on Tuesday his growth journey from a journalist to achieve his dream as a writer, his observation of the Colombian society and his impression about the changes in China.
In a fully packed hall, Minister Plenipotentiary Jose Fernando Bermúdez Cendales said in his opening remarks that the event is part of an initiative to bring Colombian culture closer to the Chinese public while simultaneously creating new spaces for dialogue and exchange between the two countries.
Bermúdez said that Abad's visit to China offers a particularly valuable opportunity to showcase the richness of our literature and to strengthen the cultural and human bridges connecting Colombia and China.
The session, chaired by Santiago Gamboa, writer and minister counselor of the Colombian Embassy, focused on the career and body of work of Abad and in particular,
El olvido que seremos (Oblivion: A Memoir).
Abad's book is a seminal work of contemporary Colombian literature in which personal and family memory engage deeply with Colombia's recent history. Its translation into Chinese allows this story to reach new readers and represents an extraordinary opportunity to bring both societies closer together through literature, per some commentators.
"We hope this gathering will be an open conversation among cultures, readers, and experiences, and a new expression of the friendship that Colombia and China continue to build," said Bermúdez.
Abad, one of the most important voices in contemporary Latin American literature, shared with the Global Times that this is his second trip in China. The last time he visited the country was two decades ago.
This time, in his eyes, China has changed a lot. In many ways, the country stands for the future of the world.
Abad said he is surprised to see how much Chinese people are depending on the electric devices and network to communicate in a virtual world, and said that he felt "like an alien."
Talking about his interaction with readers in Shanghai, Abad smiled, saying that the readers selected some phrases from his book and asked him to write down as part of the autography and signature for them.
In his book,
El Olvido Que Seremos (The Oblivion We Will Be), which is acclaimed as a "love letter from a son to his father," is not only a deeply affectionate look back at familial bonds but also a courageous attempt to defy oblivion.
Rooted in true events,
The Oblivion We Will Be chronicles the life of his own father. Abad noted that his father was killed in August 1987 - nearly forty years ago.
In the Western literary tradition, a father is often portrayed as a distant or even negative figure. His father, however, was "totally different - a man of love and deep sense of responsibility in both the public sphere and his family life."
Such image of a benevolent, non-authoritarian father has impressed his Chinese readers as well, he said.
As a physician, Abad's father dedicated his life to addressing fundamental issues affecting people's well-being, such as drinking water quality and public health, steadfast in the belief that the world could be made better through action.
Abad's work addresses themes such as memory, violence, inequality, and the human condition, deeply marked by the murder of his father, an event that inspired his most iconic book, The Oblivion We Will Be was published in Chinese by Writer's Publishing House in Beijing in July.
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三 | 新赛季,他将代表杜塞尔多夫队继续征战德国乒乓球甲级联赛以及欧洲赛场。20日,杜塞尔多夫俱乐部为樊振东举行了亮相发布会。樊振东对新华社记者表示:“这是我在德国的第二年。对我的职业生涯来说,也是一个新的篇章。

四 | 就像我之前说的,每一场比赛都是一个新的挑战。波尔(德国乒乓球名将)也给我介绍了很多关于杜塞尔多夫俱乐部的事情,包括这里的一些文化。我对此非常感兴趣,也希望能够继续学习。同时,我也希望能够继续提高自己。也许这个赛季,我可以比上个赛季做得更好。我希望继续战斗。

五 | ”从萨尔布吕肯转投杜塞尔多夫,也让樊振东与波尔之间的故事得以延续。波尔此前长期效力杜塞尔多夫,是俱乐部历史上最具代表性的球员之一。樊振东表示,希望能够在这里开启新的篇章,并帮助球队争取胜利。杜塞尔多夫俱乐部经理安德烈亚斯·普劳斯说,樊振东加盟的反响非常惊人。

六 | “现在我们在社交媒体上受到的关注,大约是以前的500倍。我们正在接触到全世界越来越多的人。所有东西都变得更多了——更多媒体、更多球迷、更多赞助商。不仅如此,中德文化交流也更频繁了。说实话,我感觉我们现在其实才刚刚开始这段旅程。”由于樊振东加盟后受到广泛关注,杜塞尔多夫将22日的主场首秀从常规使用、只能容纳约1100名观众的ARAG中心球场移至拥有4000多个座位的三菱电机体育馆举行。

七 | 在这场焦点之战中,樊振东两度登场,助力杜塞尔多夫主场3:1战胜巴特柯尼希斯霍芬队。现场超过3500名观众,以及通过电视、网络收看赛事的全球球迷,纷纷为樊振东的赛场发挥喝彩助威。

八 | 来源:中国驻杜塞尔多夫总领馆、新华社