Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t5.15

v1.c7.s9.t5.15

While Rabindranath Tagore was passing through Hong Kong on the way to his visit to China in 1924, Sun Yat-sen sent a person from Guangzhou to pay him a visit and convey that owing to his illness he would not be able to meet him in Guangzhou or Hong Kong. However, he expressed the hope that he might be able to meet him in Beijing, saying, “Beijing is the life centre of China, the work of the Indian representatives must begin from Beijing. I will meet there at the first available opportunity.” However, it was very unfortunate that he and Tagore - the two towering literary personalities who bore special significance for their respective nations - could not finally meet.