# @cgtneurope on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DchBXXzGSWC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69837237-cgtneurope-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1de6bfc8ca.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T20:01:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CGTN Europe (@cgtneurope) — https://gondola.cc/cgtneurope

## Caption

A $5,000 act of kindness grew into 50,000 trees. 🌱⁣
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27 years ago, an American teacher helped a Chinese woman turn a desert into a forest.⁣
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What grew alongside the trees was an extraordinary friendship between two people from opposite sides of the world. 🇺🇸🇨🇳⁣
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Their story is a reminder that people can build bridges where borders divide us.⁣
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Sometimes,  peace starts with something as simple as one small act of kindness such as planting a tree. 🌍🌱⁣
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#china #usa #desertification #plantingtrees #chinausa

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## Tags

china, plantingtrees, desertification, chinausa, usa

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