The Situation and Prospect of Implementation of the Follow-up Measures of World Conference on Women in China——Speech at Sino-German Seminar on Women’s Status and Roles in the New Era

AfterthesuccessfulconveningoftheFourthWorldConferenceonWomen熏1995andNon-GovernmentOrganization穴NGO雪ForumonWomen熏Beijing'95熏theissueofwomenhasarousedfurtherconcernfromtheinternationalcommunity.Inthepasteightyears熏theChinesegovernmenthasmadeunremit鄄tingeffortstoimplement″BeijingDeclaration″and″PlatformforAction″tomatchitspromisewithac鄄tion.Asabiggestnon-governmentalwomen'sorga鄄nizationinChina熏theAll-ChinaWomen'sFedera鄄tion穴ACWF雪熏bygivingfullplaytoitsadvantagesoforgani…     

Peace and Disarmament are Still the Common Aspiration of the People of All Countries

Thecurrentoverallinternationalsituationiscom鄄plicatedandvolatile熏nevertheless熏theoutbreakofaworldwarintoday'sworldisunlikely.Peaceanddevelopmentremainthemajorthemesofourtimes熏anditisquitehopefulforthewholeworldtoenjoypeaceandstabilityforalongperiodoftimetocome.Evenso熏nobodycandenythefrequentemer鄄genceofeconomicandpoliticalcrisis.Theworldsituationisfarfrombeingtranquilandpeaceful熏sincetheterrorismisnoteliminated熏hegemonismandpowerpoliticsshownewmanifestations熏thesit鄄uationinMiddleEas…     

Adhering to the Scientific Concept of Development and Enhancing the Common Prosperity of Human Being

Onthe22ndGeneralAssemblyofCONGO熏we熏ChineseAssociationforinternationalUnderstand鄄ingwouldliketostateourbasicstandpointsonad鄄heringtothescientificconceptofdevelopmentandenhancingcommonprosperityofhumanbeing熏andlistencarefullytotheviewsoffriendsfromallcoun鄄tries.I.Thescientificconceptofdevelopmenttakesthepeopleasitsessence.Peopleisthemostpre鄄ciousresource.Topromotecomprehensivehumandevelopmentistheultimateobjectiveandstrongestdrivingforceofdevelopment.Societyishumansoci鄄ety熏thepeopl…     

The Feature and Trend of the Relationship Among the Big Powers in 2003

Theyearof2003haswitnessedbigchangesandreadjustmentsintherelationshipamongtheworldbigpowers熏featuringtheapparentdivisionandre鄄alignmentofvariousmajorforcesintheworld熏moreintensifiedstrategicrivalryandinterestsscrambleamongthecountries.Theinternationalsituationwascharacterizedbyturbulenceandintranquility.Con鄄tradictionofvariouskindswerefurtherdeepened.Thepostureofmutualcompetition熏coordinationandcooperationamongbigpowerswasfurtherstrength鄄ened.InfluencedbyIraqwar熏KoreaPeninsulanu鄄clear…     

Cries from the Civil Society——Impressions of the 4^th World Social Forum

FromJanuary16-21熏the4thWorldSocialForumwasheldinMumbaiIndia.Uptonow熏themovingcrowdsatthevenue熏thecriesfromtheworldvul鄄nerablegroupsandthesongsanddancescontainingdreamsforabetterfuturearestillechoinginmymind.TheForumattractedmorethan100熏000peoplefromover130countries熏with75%fromIndia.Underthethemeof″AnotherWorldisPossible″熏1067meet鄄ings熏panels熏seminarsorworkshopsofdifferentscaleswereheld.Theforumcoveredthefollowingmajortopicslike″Militarism熏WarandPeace″熏″Me鄄dia熏Informat…     

Enhance International Cooperation and Build Peace and Prosperity Together——Speech by Mr. Li Chengren, Executive Vice-President of CAFIU （Okinawa, Japan, November 15, 2003）

Mr.Chairman熏Ladies熏gentlemenandfriends押Ontheoccasionoftheopeningofthe″5thInterna鄄tionalConferenceforPeace熏DisarmamentandSym鄄biosisinAsian-Pacific″inOkinawa熏Iwouldliketoextend熏onbehalfofmycolleagues熏andinmyownname熏warmcongratulationstotheconference熏andheartfeltthankstotheJapanesecommitteeandthefriendsofOkinawafortheirthoughtfularrange鄄mentsandwarmhospitality熏andourgreetingstothestatesmen熏expertsandscholarspresentherefromothercountries.Thisisthefirstmeetingoftheconferenceint…     

Present Condition,Problems and Prospects of East Asian Regional Cooperation

Inrecentyears熏withthespeeding-upofeconomicglobalizationandregionalintegration熏countriesinEastAsia熏takingintoconsiderationeconomicre鄄turnsandnationalsecurity熏haveactivelyconductedmultilateraldialogueandcooperationinsuchareasaspolitics熏economyandsecurityinapragmaticmanner.Regionalcooperationhasbeenintheas鄄cendant.Furtherstrengthenedandincreasinglyin鄄tensifiedregionalcooperationinEastAsiaisnotonlyconducivetopeace熏stabilityandprosperityinthisregion熏butalsowillhaveafar-reachingbear鄄ingo…     

The Main Activities and Features of NGO in 2003

In2003熏activitiesofnon-governmentalorganiza鄄tions穴NGO雪wereincreasing.Theinternationalcom鄄munitypaidmoreandmoreattentiontotheroleplayedbyNGO.ThecooperationamongNGOwasstrengthening.Governmentsofallcountriessupport鄄edtheactivitiesofNGOconditionallyandatthesametime熏tookadvantageoftheactivitiesheldbyNGOtoservetheirforeignpolicies.MainNGOactivitiesin20031.WorldSocialForum.FromJanuary23to28熏the3rdWorldSocialForumwasheldinthePortoAlegre熏Brazil.Over20熏000registeredrepresenta鄄tive…     

Silver Lining in Changing International Situation——An overall review of international situation in 2003

Theyear2003witnessedastillcomplicatedinter鄄nationalsituationinwhichtheprocessoftransitionfromanoldpatterntoanewpatternandfromanoldordertoaneworderwasconspicuouslydifficultandtortuous.Wecouldsaythat″onetheme″熏″twomainscourges″熏″threepostures″熏″fourtrends″and″fivehot-spots″constitutethemainfeaturesofthedevel鄄opmentandchangeoftheworldsituationinthepastyear.However熏thetendencyandprospectofthefu鄄tureinternationalrelationsstillremainunknown.Oneunchangedtheme.Inearly1980s熏ComradeDe…     

Impression about the visit in America

AttheinvitationoftheAsiaFoundationoftheUnit鄄edStates,CAFIU'sthree-memberteamheadedbySecretary-GeneralXuJianguopaidavisittoU.S.from4-11November熏2003.ArrangedbytheAmer鄄icanside熏thedelegationengagedintheextensivecontactswiththeAsiaFoundation,theWorldAf鄄fairsCouncil熏UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley熏UnitedNationsAssociationoftheUSA,CouncilonForeignRelations熏EastAsianInstituteoftheColumbiaUniversity,″Newsday″EditorialDepart鄄ment熏SisterCitiesProgramofthecityofNewYork,Ame…     

Alleviating Poverty and Building A Human-oriented Information Society

TheChinaSocietyforPromotionoftheGuangcaiProgram(CSPGP)isanon-profitandnongovern鄄mentorganization熏consistingmainlyofprivateen鄄trepreneurs.Itaimsatalleviatingpovertywiththeultimateachievementofsustainabledevelopmentasitsgoal.ItenjoysthespecialconsultativestatuswiththeEconomicandSocialCouncilofUNandthroughtheaid-the-poorprogramslikeorganizingandmotivatingChineseprivateentrepreneurstopoorandbackwardareas熏ethnicminorityregionsandborderareas熏especiallywesternChina熏toex鄄ploitresources熏p…     

The Delegation of Jean-Jaures Foundation of France Visit China

AttheinvitationofCAFIU熏thedelegationofJean-JauresFoundationofFranceheadedbyPierreMauroy熏formerFrenchPrimeMinisterandHonoraryPresidentoftheSocialistInternationalpaidavisittoChinafromOctober15to19熏2003.Duringtheirvisit熏MemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCPCandChineseVice-PremierHuangJu熏MinisteroftheInternationalDepartmentoftheCPCCentralCommitteeandAdvisortoCAFIUWangJiaruimetthedelegationsepa鄄rately.Vice-MinisteroftheInternationalD…     

Highlights of CAFIU''''s International Exchanges(From December 2003 to February 2004)

December2003穴1雪Dec.2-10熏invitedbyCAFIU熏ChiefEditorofthemagazineContinentofKazakhstanMr.SultanAkimbekovaccompaniedbyothertwopersonsvis鄄itedChina.InBeijing熏CAFIUadvisorandViceMinisterofInternationalDepartmentofCPCCentralCommittee穴IDCPCCC雪Mr.CaiWumetwithandentertainedtheguests.Besidesmeetingwithre鄄searchfellowsofCAFIU熏theyalsocalledonPolicyResearchCenteroftheCPCCentralCommittee熏theMinistryofEducationandtheofficeofOutlookWeekly.TheirvisittoChinawasconcludedbyvisit…     

Peace,Development and Progress

Theinternationalsituationinthepastyearwascomplicatedandchangeable.TheUnitedStateswagedwaronIraq熏whichshockedtheworld鸦therelationshipamongtheworldpowershadundergonepro鄄foundchanges鸦therehadbeennewdivisionandrealignmentintherelationsacrosstheAtlantic鸦thebuildingof″LargeEurope″hadmaderapidprogress鸦theMiddle-EastsituationhadremainedunstablewithPalestineandIsraelstillgettingstuckinantroubledtimes鸦KoreaPeninsulanuclearissuehaddrawntheworldwideattention鸦UNwasregainingitsvigorafterhavin…     

Enhance Sino-Japanese People-to-People Exchanges and Promote Normal Development of the Bilateral Relationship

At the invitation of the International Initiatives of Change A ssociation ofJapan ( IICAJ ), a 4-m em ber delegation of the C hinese A ssociation for Interna鄄 tional Understanding ( CAFIU ) visited Japan and wascordially received. During our visit in Japan , Mr.Tooru H ashim oto , President of IICA J and M r.Tsutomu Hata , Spe鄄 cial A dvisor of IIC AJ and Form er Prim e M inister of Japan met the delegation.The atm osphere be鄄cam e lively at once when Pres鄄 ident H ashim …     

CAFIU Delegation Visits Australia and Fiji

A t the invitation of A ustralian and Fijian governm ents,CA FIU delegation headed by M r. Li G uixian, V ice-Chairm an ofthe N ational Com m ittee of the Chinese Peo鄄 ple's Political Con鄄 sultative Conference (CPPCC) and the President of Chinese A ssociation forInter鄄 national U nderstand鄄 ing(CA FIU ),visitedthe two countriesfrom 26N ovem berto 10Decem ber.W hile in Australia,M r.LiGuixian m etrespectively with leading figuresfrom political,eco鄄 nom ic and financialcircle…     

Address at the Seminar on “Bangladesh-China Relations： Prospects for the Future”

30years ago , China and Bangladesh established diplom atic relations , w hich opened a new chapter of friendship and cooperation betw een China and B angladesh.Since then , no m atter how the inter鄄 national situation changes , the governm ents and people of our two countries have always respect鄄 ed , trusted , understood and supported each other. W e never intervene in each other's internal affairs but carry forw ard exchanges on the basis of e鄄 quality.O ur cooperation in all fields has …     

An Overall Review of the International Situation in the 3~(rd) Quarter of 2005

1. There was a new trend of interactions among major powers and increasing Sino-U.S. constructive cooperation.(1)The U .S.and R ussiacontinued the struggle between them in C entral A 鄄 sia and Transcaucasia.In July,D efense Secretary D onald H .R um sfeld visited C entral A sia to deal w ith the issue of the continued stay of the U .S. troops there.The U .S.broadcast a video interview w ith Basayev,the leaderofthe illegalarm ed groups in Chechnya and alleged thatR ussia suppressed t…     

Charitable Heart and Rewarding Conduct——Impression from the Reception of the Goodwill Delegation of California

InSeptember2003the10-memberCaliforniaGoodwillDelegationtoimplementtheXinjiangMedicalProgramledbyMr.RobertPagettvisitedChina.ThedelegationwithitsmembersmainlyfromtheRotaryClubofCaliforniaandtheAssistanceInternationalAIcamefortheXinjiangMedicalProgramfollowingthecompletionoftheirpreviousfourprogramsrespectivelyinBeijingChildren'sHospitalYunnanRedCrossHospitaltheHospitalattachedtotheHuaxiMedicalUniversityinSichuanandTibetNo.2People'sHospital.CAFIUandCaliforniaRotaryhavemaintained…     

Continuity in the Face of Upheaval—British Strategic Culture and the Impact of the Blair Government

This chapter will consider how the elements of continuity and change in British foreign policy that emerged under the current Labor government will be managed in the short to medium term and ask what their fuller implications for the UK and European security may be in the longer run. The article will examine how the change that transpired after 1997 which saw a new pro-European stance on security can be reconciled with the prevailing continuities in British strategic culture, namely Britain’s special relationship with the US, its global role, and, as demonstrated in the case of Iraq, the UK’s negation of Franco-German security initiatives. The article will also emphasise the central importance of the UK’s commitment to the EU’s security policy ambitions, given that the UK armed forces are the most capable in Europe and as confirmed in Iraq, an ESDP without a UK contribution would have no credibility. Despite Blair’s policy overtures towards developing greater European military capabilities, the continued reliance on the US has meant that British strategic culture has displayed remarkable continuity rather than fundamental transformation.