Foreigners hail historical exhibits at Tianjin museums

Irina Andreeva, a professor of Russian at Tianjin Foreign Studies University, told China Daily that she has a strong interest in Chinese history and Sino-Russian ties.

"I came to Tianjin in 2013, and I really love Tianjin," she said.

Although she has been to many other Chinese cities, she believes Tianjin is "the best". She has witnessed many changes in the city.

"The sky here is just like the sky in Russia — cloudless, or white clouds floating in the sky. But the people of Tianjin have not changed at all. They are more friendly and very polite," she said, adding that she feels Tianjin is like her hometown.

Kamran Khan, from Pakistan, has just earned his master's degree in electronics at Tianjin University of Technology and Education. He said the visit to the two museums aligned his thinking toward the history of China.

"During the tour I was thinking about the journey — how CPC members started and how they fought for everything, which made a great difference in China. Zhou, especially, did a lot of great things."

Tola Tsegaye Alemu, a postgraduate student at Tianjin University of Technology and Education, carefully taking photos of the exhibitions in the Memorial of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, said that "Zhou was definitely an amazing leader of China in the last century. The pictures also show the close relations between China and my motherland, Ethiopia, where Zhou paid a visit to in 1964. … These historical materials are quite valuable," he said.