Father drives daughter from Nanjing to American college

Speakers: Li Ningjing, Lincoln Van der Westhuizen and Lu Sirui

[Photo: from Chinanews.cn]

A Chinese father has fulfilled his promise and driven his daughter all the way from China to the United States where she is to attend college.

Huang Haitao and his daughter Huang Xinyi set out from their home in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on June 1. The epic journey lasted 108 days, taking them over 30,000 kilometers across 26 countries before finally culminating in Seattle.

Their journey included countries such as Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland.

Father and daughter declined Seattle University's invitation to a ceremony arranged for them. Huang explained that he just wanted his daughter to settle down and begin her school life.

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.