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"I'd be willing to offer a bag of gold in exchange for just one look at the ancient city of Khiva." This old Central Asian saying describes the past splendor of this millennium-old ancient city. Merchants used to converge in this important trading post on the ancient Silk Road to exchange goods between the East and the West, ensuring prosperity along this long trade route. President Xi Jinping has paid three visits to Uzbekistan within the past decade. He has always kept this ancient city in Central Asia with a population of only over 2,000 on his mind. Behind the national gift is a touching story about how the two heads of state promoted the exchanges between the Chinese and Uzbek civilizations.