＂Great Wall Peace Forum＂ Held at Shanhaiguan

July 29^th, the ＂Great Wall Peace Forum＂ was held at Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao City, China. The forum was co-sponsored by the Great Wall Society and China NGO Network for International Exchanges （CNIE）. Chinese experts and scholars from all walks of life, leaders from Qinhuangdao city and Shanhaiguan city and some foreign envoys in China attended the forum. Mr. Xu Jianguo, Vice-President of CNIE and Secretary-General of CAFIU was present at forum.     

Bridging East and West: New Frontiers for Reading East Asian Languages

Over the previous four decades a steadily growing thirst for news and information from East Asia,and China in particular,has been growing around the world.People want to understand China,a country that is rising rapidly but is greatly misunderstood despite the growing numbers of people learning the Chinese language and ideas that have been popularized such as Chimerica (China+America).Interest in China has been impeded by the Great Wall of indecipherable Chinese characters.No wonder so many people say that Chinese is "damn hard" to learn!     

Peace at a Price: Strategic Studies of Current International Security and War Issues

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II and the victory of the Anti-Fascist War. The WWII is an unprecedented disaster for humanity and, however, it can never be guaranteed that world wars will not break out again in the future. Just as wars can be classified as cold wars and hot wars, peace can also be defined as cold peace and real peace. Cold Peace, as an unstable state in the international relations, may bring misleading perception of peace, where peace is taken for granted, and potential crises may lead to international conflicts/ wars. This is clearly reflected in concerns of western scholars as exemplified by what is called Kissinger’s Worry and Haass’s Question. This paper approaches the question from a strategic and historical perspective and draws the following three conclusions: 1) historically, it takes a long time for people to realize the negative impacts of wars; 2) currently, we are in a dangerous stage of cold peace in terms of international security; 3) the Sino-US and Sino-Japanese relations will be crucial to the major power relations that affect China’s the national security in the future. China should find ways to deal with the two major relations and play its role in maintaining the world peace.     

Some Personal Thoughts on Peace and Security in the Korean Peninsula

Peace and stability in the Korean peninsula is a premise and necessary condition for the security of Northeast Asia and China＇s surrounding areas. It is also critical for China＇s peaceful development. The end of the confrontation between the two camps led respectively by the U.S. and USSR over 20 years ago has not brought the Gospel of peace and security to the Korean peninsula, nor has it really changed the standoff situation of cold war in the peninsula. On the contrary,     

Another ＂Complementarity＂ in Sino-Australian Security Cooperation

This paper examines how China has played a "responsible" role in international humanitarian post-disaster assistance by taking the example of China’s assistance to post-tsunami Aceh,and explores policy implications with regard to future Sino-Australian security cooperation.China and Australia took inconsistent approaches to assistance in Aceh,which derived from their different understandings of international "responsibility".However,the inconsistencies do not necessarily hamper cooperation between the two.Rather,it is because of these inconsistent approaches that the two countries’ cooperation can develop into comprehensive and multifaceted assistance.The key to successful cooperation between the two countries,this paper argues,is the notion of "complementarity".In policy documents on bilateral relations,Chinese and Australian policymakers emphasize the "economic complementarity" between the two,but this "complementarity" is also useful when the two explore the way in which they will cooperate on security issues.One example of this complementary approach with regard to assistance for Aceh is the Australian effort to promote stability in both tsunami and non-tsunami affected areas,and Chinese economic investment in Aceh,in keeping with the Acehnese local expectations of long-term economic development and more employment opportunities,which are the foundation stones of stability.While these efforts are not consistent,they are highly complementary to each other,and have great potential to encourage peace and stability in Aceh.     

Achieve Glory against All Odds- The Development of China＇s Foreign Policy in the Past 60 Years

Since its founding 60 years ago, the People＇s Republic of China has been pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. Braving wind and storm in diplomatic front and breaking through brambles and thorns, it has scored brilliant achievements. Through arduous diplomatic struggles, China has safeguarded its national independence, sovereignty and security, created a favorable international environment for its cause of modernization, reform and opening-up, improved its international status and influence, and made important contribution to the promotion of world peace and development as well as the cause of human progress.     

From ＂China Collapse＂ to ＂In a Common Boat＂-An Analysis on Six Western Theories Relating to China

Owen Harries, Editor-in-Chief of the American magazine National Interest, once said that Americans, for many years, hold ＂a pendulum swing of alternating attitudes, now romanticizing now demonizing China＂. Following the end of the Cold War, there have been drastic changes in the United States and the Western world in their acknowledgement of the historical position of China＇s national development and the role China plays in the world arena. To study carefully these changes will be of great significance for a correct mastery of the world situation and a better understanding of the policy orientations of the Western world toward China.     

Review on China's Engagement in African Peace and Security

正Since the setup of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperationin 2000, cooperation for peace and security has become animportant theme of Sino-African cooperation. Today, with thegrowth of China’s interests in Africa and the deepening of Sino-African relationship, more African countries extended invitations     

The Declaration of Sino-Japanese People''''s Friendship in the New Century" Declared in Beijing, CAFIU Being an Initiator Department

【Editorial Note】On January 16th, 2001, the meeting for the issuing of "The Declaration of Sino-Japanese People's Friendship in the New Century", which was initiated by the Chinese Association for International Under-standing together with other 10 organizations of China and 7 of Japan, was held solemnly in the Great Hall of the People. More than 200 people from both China and Japan attended the meeting. President Jiang Zemin met with the representatives of Chinese and Japanese non-…     

Four Obstacles Must Be Overcome Towards the Stabilizing of China-Japan Relations

As China and Japan are the two biggest powers in East Asia and the .second and third largest economies in the world, so the stability of their bilateral relations is vital for maintaining regional and world peace, as well as the wellbeing of both peoples. However, over the past 40-plus years since the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, the stability of the bilateral relationship has been deteriorating. The reason for this is that there are more and more barriers that are increasingly difficult to overcome.