Thoughts on Terrorism

The earthshaking terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11,2001 have once again brought terrorism into focus of the international relations. More and more evidences show that threats of terrorism to the world peace and development as well as the international communlty are on theincrease. Worse stin, it has become more possible that the ter     

Impressions on Finland

AttheinvitationoftheFinnishNationalFundforResearchandDevelopmentSitraaCAFIUdelega-tionledbyJiangZhenghuaVice-ChairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressNPCandVice-PresidentoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstandingCAFI-UpaidfriendlyvisittoFinlandfromMay15to21.WiththemeticulousarrangementbyourhostthedelegationhadaquitethoroughstudyonsuchareasasFinnishenvironmentalprotectionenergypoli-ciespoliciesontechnologyanddevelopmentofhightechnologydevelopmentofinfor…     

Seminar on Social Security

ＳｅｍｉｎａｒｏｎＳｏｃｉａｌＳｅｃｕｒｉｔｙＢｙＱｉａｎＦａｎｇｌｉａｎｇＢｅｔｗｅｅｎＤｅｃ．１３ａｎｄ１４，１９９４，ｔｈｅＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎｆｏｒＩｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌＵｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄｉｎｇａｎｄｔｈｅＩｎｓｔｉｔｕ...     

Some Thoughts on ASEM

The 6th ASEM(Asia-Europe Meeting)Summit was held in HelTsinki on September10-11,2006,and attracted a great deal ofattention,partly because this year is its10th anniversary.There ismuch thought and discussion going on with regard to its future pros-pects a…     

Comments on UN Reform

OnOctober9-132004,UnitedNationsSecretary-GeneralKofiAnnanpaidanofficialvisittoChina.Duringhisstay,hehaddiscussionswithChineseleadersonUNreformandchangesintheinterna-tionalsituationandetc.Inrecent59thUNGeneralAssemblySession,UNreformwasalsooneofthehottopics.ThenecessityofUNreform.UNisnowfacingarigorousrealityofinternationalpolitics.Althoughpeaceanddevelopmentstillremainthemainthemesofourtime,theworldisfarfromtranquility.Thegeneralinternationalsituationhaskeptitsba-sicfeaturesasoverall…     

Dialogue on an Equal Footing Promotes Understanding, Strengthens Cooperation and Advances Human Rights --Reflections on Sino-German Seminar on Human Rights

In November last year and October this year, China Foundation for Human Rights Development and German Friedrich-Ebert Foundation jointly sponsored two Sino-German seminars on human rights respectively in Beijing and Berlin. Both the Chinese and German sides attached great importance to the seminars which were attended by scores of government officials, parliamentarians, repre-sentatives from academic and religious circles and individual scholars. Both sides spoke highly of the positive …     

Seminar on “Sino-Japanese Business Cooperation on Environmental Protection” held in Tokyo

<正>The Seminar on"Sino-Japanese Business Cooperation on Environmental Protection",coorganized by CAFIU and the Kazankai Foundation of Japan,was held in Tokyo on 29,October.Over 50Chinese and Japanese scholars and experts participated in the Seminar.The Kazankai Foundation was established in March,1948 on the basis of the East Asia Common Culture     

Reflections on 2001 Int''''l Situation

The first year of the new century witnessed volatility, reflections, readjustment and opportunities in the world. The international situation became even tenser, thereby exerting a great impact on the security and strategic conception of world major powers, and pushing them to readjust foreign     

Some Observations on Multi Polarity

１．Multipolarityisnolongerasubjectofdebates，instead，itisanimportantstrategicis－suewithpracticalsignificanceandhasevenbe－comepracticeofforeignpolicyofsomecoun－tries．Therehasemergednewdevelopmentindis－cussionsonmultipolarityinrecentyears．Firstly，multipolarityhasdrawnmoreattentionfromschol－arsandgainedmorerecognitionfromthepublic，withitfrequentlyquotedinwritingandhitinthewebsites．Secondly，somecountriesaredistinctlyin－clinedtopursuepoliciesfeaturingmultipolarityandactivetoconductdip…     

Seminar on "Housing Cooperatives

Ｓｅｍｉｎａｒｏｎ“ＨｏｕｓｉｎｇＣｏｏｐｅｒａｔｉｖｅｓ”ｂｙｓｔａｆｆｒｅｐｏｒｔｅｒＴｈｅＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎＦｏｒＩｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌＵｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄｉｎｇ（ＣＡＦＩＵ）ａｎｄＦｒｉｅｄｒｉｃｈＥｂｅｒｔＦｏｕｎｄａ...     

Report on China''''s EU Policy

With the coming of the new century, the European Union (EU)arrives on the world scene with a complete new look. At the beginning of the year, the union signed the Nice Treaty in response to the needs of further integration and east-     

Report on China''''s ASEAN Policy

In the mid-1990s,the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN)was in top condition since its establishment in 1967.At that time with good governments and united people,all of the     

Seminar on Sino-German Economic Development

ＳｅｍｉｎａｒｏｎＳｉｎｏ－ＧｅｒｍａｎＥｃｏｎｏｍｉｃＤｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔＢｙＳｏｎｇＣｈｅｎｇｙｕＯｎｔｈｅｂａｓｉｓｏｆｌｏｎｇｔｅｒｍｃｏｏｐｅｒａｔｉｎ，ｔｈｅＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｓｓｏｃｉａｔｉｏｎｆｏｒｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌＵｎｄｅｒ...     

Reflections on Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership

China and Russia announced“their resolve to develope a strategic partnership ofequality.mutual confidence and mutual coordination toward the 21stcentury" during President Yeltsin's China visit in April 1996。 The partnership represents a new type of slate-to-state relations based on e-quality and mutual confidence.It aims at safeguarding each other’s national inter-ests and building a fair,just international political and economic order.It is charac-     

Anecdotes on My Mississippi Trip

In the middle of last April,Mr. WangJinsheng, Secretary-General of the ChineseAssociation for International Understanding(CAFIU), led a 5-member Group StudyExchange Team for a 3-week trip to thesouthern US state of Misissippi at the invitation of District 6820 of Rotary International.As the early summer in Mississippi wasa season of sunshine and lust green, the picturesque scenery and agreeable weather naturally gave rise to high spirits. Thanks to thearrangement of our host, who wer…     

Thoughts on Transformations in International Finance

Asuccession of shock waves from international financial crisis has revealed pro-found transformations in the power balance of international finance,which willredraw the global financial landscape and exert a tremendous impact on the worldconfiguration in the next century.A scramble is on among major powers for com-manding heights in the new financial scene through strategic adjustments.Chinashould seize the opportunity to seek a niche for itself in this emerging world map,while guarding against risks in the defense of national economic security.     

Thoughts on the Evolving World Order

International order, as a model for or arrangement of external activities primarily among nations has in fact evolved out of anarchy into two parts, or aspects ——one subjective, the other objective. Its subjective aspect refers to the goals and behavioral styles of sovereignty states as basic actors of international activities, which are individualistic (in term of nations), changeable and therefore unstable in nature; whereas its objective aspect points to agreement or consensus, reached ei…     

Symposium on Prospects for European Unification

ＳｙｍｐｏｓｉｕｍｏｎＰｒｏｓｐｅｃｔｓｆｏｒＥｕｒｏｐｅａｎＵｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎＳｏｎｇＣｈｅｎｇｙｕＳｙｍｐｏｓｉｕｍｏｎＰｒｏｓｐｅｃｔｓｆｏｒＥｕｒｏｐｅａｎＵｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ，ｊｏｉｎｔｌｙｓｐｏｎｓｏｒｅｄｂｙｔｈｅＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡ...     

Observations on the Current Sino-Russian Relations

This year is the “Year of Russia”in Chinaand marks the tenth anniversary of the Sino-Russian Strategic Cooperative Partnership and thefifth anniversary of the “Treaty of GoodNeighborliness and Friendly Cooperation betweenthe People’s Republic of China…     

Impression on Northeast Asia Youth Forum

“Northeast Asia Youth Forum” is a platform and a channel for young people from China, South Korea and Japan to strengthen exchanges, deepen mutual trust and promote long-term regional cooperation. Sponsored by the Moral Re-Armament / Initiatives of Chan…