Children’s Paintings from Xinjiang and Shaanxi on Exhibition in Japan

To mark the 30^th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between China and Japan, the Sixth Exhibition of Children＇ s Paintings for Japan-China Friendship, co-sponsored by BELLPO-KAI （Social Training Association） Japan （BELLPO-KAI） and the Shanghai Municipal People＇s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries will be held at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan from July 24 to 29.     

A Few Characteristics of China-Africa People’s Exchanges Reflected by the Second China-Africa People’s Forum

The second China-Africa People’s Forum (hereinafter referred to as the Forum) was held from July 10th to 11th in Suzhou, China. The Forum takes "People’s Voice, People’s Friendship and Cooperation for the People" as its theme. Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech titled "Promoting New Development of the New-Type of China-Africa     

Seeking Common Development While Reserving Differences——Speech at the rally by friendly people＇s organizations from China and Japan

Today, friendly people＇s organizations from China and Japan are gathering here in Tokyo. First of all,please allow me to express our warm congratulations to the successful holding of this rally and heartfelt thanks to Japanese friendly organizations, including Japan-China Friendship Association and JapanChina Association, for their thoughtful arrangements and warm hospitality extended to us.     

CAFIU Delegation Visited Sri Lanka and Attended the Third China-Africa People's Forum in Sudan

正At the invitation of Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association(SLCFA)and Sudan Network for National Non-Governmental Organizations,a 5-member delegation led by CAFIU Deputy Secretary-General Liu Kaiyang visited Sri Lanka and attended the Third China-Africa People’s Forum held in Sudan from May 7 to 14,2014.As a member of this delegation,I had the great honor     

Reflection on the Sharp Contrast between Europe and Asia on Postwar Reconciliation

<正>The year 2015 marks the 70thAnniversary of Victory of World Anti-Fascist War and Chinese People’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression.The occasion reminds people to draw lessons from WWII,and the sharp contrast between Europe and Asia on postwar reconciliation calls for deep reflection.People must keep a vigilant watch on the right-wing tendency of Japan.Much still needs to be done to maintain peace in the world.     

Seeking Common Development While Reserving Differences——Speech at the rally by friendly people''''s organizations from China and Japan

Today, friendly people's organizations from Chinaand Japan are gathering here in Tokyo. Firstofall,please allow m e to express ourwarm congratulationsto the successful holding of this rally and heartfeltthanks to Japanese friendly organizations,includingJapan -China Friendship A ssociation and Japan -C hina A ssociation,fortheirthoughtfularrangem entsand w arm hospitality extended to us.This rally by Chinese and Japanese friendly organi-zations is held in the year significantto both coun-…     

Promote Shanghai Spirit and Spark People's Wisdom for building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind——A Summary of the First Shanghai Cooperation Organization People's Forum

正The whole year’s work depends on a good start in spring.On 9 to 10 April 2018,the historic city Xi’an witnessed the staging of the First People’s Forum of Shanghai Cooperation Organization     

Go Ahead Steadily and Avoid Eagerness

If China’s strategic planning is analyzed as a movement from goals to actions,it becomes possible to see whether short-term goals that lead to large results may not be best long-term.Strategic planning consists of three key factors,first to set up correct goals,second to evaluate the situation precisely,and third to act correctly.Evaluation,the second step,assesses advantages and disadvantages in the process toward strategic decision-making.The third step,creating the correct strategy,policies and guidelines,will mandate actions in accord with a well-organized format.To use short-hand,the three are:what we want to do,what we can do,and how we can do it.During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,Mao     

Secretary-General Ni Jian Headed a Delegation to Visit ROK, Japan and Sri Lanka

<正>At the invitation of National Strategy Institute of ROK (NSI), Japan&China Technological Youth Interchange Society and Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association (SLCFA), CAFIU’s Secretary-General Ni Jian headed a five-member delegation to visit the three countries from March 24 to April 2.     

China's Search for an Innovative Foreign Strategy

With China’s rise to a nominal second largest economy in the world,the rapid promotion of China’s power and international status stands in stark contrast to the depression in the Western economy.The suspicion of Western powers towards rising China aggravates,and the interaction between China and outside world enters a more complicated phase.     

Abe Government's Development Aid Strategy towards the Greater Mekong Subregion

Since 1977 with the application of the Fukuda Doctrine to Southeast Asia,successive Japanese governments have continued a regional strategy of development aid.When Japan's massive aid in the 1980s-1990s transferred Japanese manufacturing to Thailand under the "Flying Geese" paradigm intended to help developing countries catch up with developed ones,it was the major external factor in Thailand's economic take-off and contributed to post-Cold War domestic stability in neighboring Laos,Cambodia and Vietnam.Beneficiaries of Japanese development aid,these countries introduced policies of reform and opening to the outside world.The Greater Mekong Subregional Cooperation Projects supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB) were at the hub of that progress.     

My First Close Contact with Japanese Kagura

The first time that I heard the concept of the "Japanese Kagura" was in March, 2012 when a working group of the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament was paying a visit to Hiroshima, Japan. When Mr. Sen Nakata, President of NPO "The World", an old friend of the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU), enthusiastically put     

Historic Decline of LDP Politics in Japan

Japan＇s ruling Liberal Democratic Party （LDP） suffered a crushing defeat in the August 30th general election to the House of Representatives. This was due to a change in election rules, the decline of LDP＇s traditional bases of support, and the long-standing internal problems. If the LDP now fails to respond to these changed realities, it will further lose credibility with the Japanese people.     

China is the Light and Hope for New Africa

正Friendship between China and Africa started slowly after a general meeting between Africa and Asia,the conference of Bun dung in 1955.Egypt was the first African country to have diplomatic relations with China in 1956,and later at the beginning of1960 the ten African countries followed.At the end of the 1970s a total of 44 countries out of 50 that were free also joined in diplomatic relations with     

The ＂Abe/Aso Regime＂ and Sino-Japanese Relations

Following the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party＇s victory in the December 2012 election, some Japanese analysts pointed out that the new Abe/Aso Govemment would introduce rightist policies, and that as such it would be more difficult for China and Japan to improve their bilateral relations. As expected, in the past six months since its coming to power, the Abe cabinet has vigorously promoted so-called ＂Abe economics＂ and implemented a quantitative easing monetary policy that has caused a drastic depreciation of the Japanese Yen. In order to revise the ＂Constitution of Japan＂, in July 2013 it has been striving to win the election of the Senate. Externally, the new cabinet members have frequently visited foreign countries, implementing a diplomatic strategy of containing and countering China. One of its aims is to completely rid itself of the shackles of World War II and to try to reconstruct powerful military forces. The Diaoyu Islands issue has been used by the Abe cabinet to serve its domestic and foreign policy objectives,     

Impact of Financial Crisis on Japanese Economy and Japanese Government＇s Related Policies

Under the impact of the financial crisis, the growth of the Japanese economy began to slow down from the end of 2007. To cope with the crisis, the Japanese government put forward large-scale economic stimulus plans with the emphasis on improving people＇s livelihood, expanding employment, propping up small and medium-sized enterprises （SMEs） and improving the environment. The plans have a dual role： on the one hand, they serve to deal with the current grim economic impact from the outside; on the other, they are aimed at seeking a solution to the inherent and long-term internal contradictions in the economic structure.     

Prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

I t has been five years since the founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2001 and a decade has passed since its forerunner, the Shanghai Five, was initiated in 1996. However, it is not until 2004 that the SCO’s two standing bodies—th…     

Our Knowledge about China Entirely Updated"──Sidelights on the China Trip by the Delegation of Trade Unionists from the Austria-China Friendship Association

At the invitation of the Chinese Association for International Understand-ing (CAFIU), Mr. Gloss Wilhelm , Vice-president of the Austria's Trade Union of Civil Servants (ATUCS), headed a delegation of trade unionists from the Austria-China Friendship Association (ACFA) for a visit to China in late June this year. As a CAFIU staff member, I had the honor to accompany the Austrian friends on their tour of Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Qufu. My experience with them was pleasant. …     

A Study of China’s National Security System

In order to address the increasingly complicated and volatile security situation at home and abroad, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has put forward clear strategic requirements “to improve the national security system” and taken as its general goal “to institute a centralized, unifi ed, effi cient and authoritative national security system,” which gives full expression to the important position of a national security system in the work of national security. China’s national security system refers to the sum total of the specifi c institutions and codes of conduct for the administration of national security and is aimed at providing institutional support to ensure that China is a secure state and has the capacity to remain so. The division of functions of national security, the administration system of state security organs, the management system of human resources for national security, the power-responsibility mechanism and legal guarantees are the essential elements that constitute China’s national security system. We can clearly understand the characteristics of China’s national security system in different periods and trace its development by studying its history. Besides, we must be fully aware that such problems as insufficient research into the national security system, unclear division of the functions of national security, lack of strength in the building of state security organs, and a lag in the construction of the legal system concerning national security, inhibit the full functionality of China’s national security system. If these problems are not solved in a timely manner, China will have diffi culty resolving the various challenges to its national security. Therefore, the most effective ways to improve China’s national security system are: to defi ne in a scientifi c and rational style the functions of China’s national security at the present stage, give full rein to the powers of the National Security Committee of the CPC Central Committee; and forge a high-quality national security force.     

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Heading Toward New Glory

T his year marks the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the tenth anniversary of its predecessor—the “Shanghai Five”. As an important player in international politics, the SCO’s future development has become a hot top…