With the friendship treaty officially extended, cultural exchanges between China and Russia are thriving. Take Maksim, a Russian student in China, who found a home away from home through the classic Chinese poem Jing Ye Si (Quiet Night Thought). He knows the same moonlight bathes his hometown. Or journalist Alina, also from Russia, who soaked up the international atmosphere at the Great Wall – just like people everywhere soak up the same moonbeams. With visa-free travel drawing more Russians to China and Chinese audiences packing Russian theaters, friendship flows, and glows, both ways.