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Paolo M. Reale (1st R, back), president of Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, and students who wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo in Rome, Italy, March 18, 2019. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Photo taken on March 18, 2019 shows the teaching building of Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, in Rome, Italy. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Students of Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, have a geography lesson in Chinese in Rome, Italy, March 18, 2019. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Photo taken on March 18, 2019 shows the learning materials in Chinese at Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, in Rome, Italy. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Paolo M. Reale (C), president of Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, talks to students in Rome, Italy, March 18, 2019. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Giovanni Stoppoloni, a fifth-grader at Rome Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, an Italian boarding school, copies the poem he wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Rome, Italy, March 18, 2019. Receiving Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply to their letter, students at the Italian boarding school were surprised, excited and encouraged. TO GO WITH Feature: Italian students encouraged by Xi's letter (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)