China
When he was General President of the Sunday School, Nelson attended a meeting where Spencer W. Kimball urged those present to learn Chinese. Nelson took up this challenge and became fluent in Mandarin. He developed ties with the medical community in China and made several trips there to train surgeons. In 1985 Nelson was the first person ever made an honorary professor of Shandong Medical College. In 1995 Nelson went to Beijing along with Neal A. Maxwell and other LDS Church leaders on an official invitation of Li Lanqing who at the time was Vice Premier of China.
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