Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t5.12

v2.c15.s2.t5.12

The next day, Tao Xingzhi travelled by train for a distance of 700 km to Wardha in Central Province of India, and from there went to Shegaon to visit Gandhi. In the afternoon of August 14, Gandhi received him in his three-room cottage. At that time, India was the third largest importer of Japanese products, and Tao Xingzhi put great hope on its resistance of Japanese goods. He believed, “If India can act like the United States, Japan will be hard to sustain its economy.” During the meet, he asked Gandhi to organise a special committee to lead the boycott. Days ago, he had made the same request to Tagore. Gandhi asked about education in China, Tao Xingzhi thus talked about the mass education movement in China, and Gandhi was attracted, and asked Tao Xingzhi to write an article in English to introduce this movement. Tao Xingzhi agreed, and he also inquired about education in India. Gandhi impressed him deeply as thin, somber, dignified and frugal.