Notes on CPAFFC Delegation''''s Visit to Gabon and Madagascar

A 9-member CPAFFC delegation headed by its vice president Wang Yunze paid a good-will visit to Gabon and Madagascar from September 14 to 28,2003 at the invitation of Guy Nzouba-Ndama, president of the National Assembly of Gabon and Crescent Rakotofiringa, president of Madagascar-China Friendship Association. Dur     

A friend worthy of eternal honor——Remarks by CPAFFC Vice-President Li Xikui at opening ceremonyof Photo Exhibition Tour in Memory of Helen Foster Snow

<正>Ladies and gentlemen, friends, good morning! I am very happy that the Photo Exhibition Tour in Memory of Helen Foster Snow has come to Hunan province. Allow me to extend, on behalf of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, warm congratulations and sincere thanks to all the Chinese and American friends for their efforts in making the exhibition possible. Helen was a true friend of the Chinese people, worthy of honor forever.     

Putting Flesh on the Bones of History： A Revolution

FOR the record, unlike Chinese historians before him, Sima Qian（145-90BC） opposed the idea that the course of history is set by Heaven or God, and instead upheld that people, in fact those of any background, are the deciding force.     

Fengdu——Building on Its History

FENGDU County is located in the center of Chongqing Mu- nicipality,a two hours’drive from Chongqing International Airport,on the banks of the Yangtze River.It has a long history,with evidence of human occupation as long as 100,000 years ago.During the Zhou Dynasty(C 1100-256 B.C.)Fengdu was the capital of the mysterious Ba Kingdom,and later     

Speech by Vice Premier Qian Qichen at Opening Session of Eighth National Council Meeting of CPAFFC

I am very glad to meet so many friends who are engaged in nongovernmental diplomacy. On be-half of the State Council I extend my congratula-tions on the convening of the Eighth NationalCouncil Meeting of the CPAFFC and greetings tothe comrades who have contributed to our coun-try's nongovernmental diplomacy.     

The Seeds of A Life

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A Defense of the Right to Life and Health and the Thoughts on Human Rights — Six Notes on the Human Rights During the Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis never seen before in human history, took the world by surprise, and pandemic prevention and control measures therefore become a ...     

Japanese Porcelain Artwork “Blue Planet of Human Life” Donated to CPAFFC

On March 22, a donation ceremony of the Japanese porcelain artwork the "Blue Planet of Human Life" was held in the Peace Palace of the CPAFFC. This huge spherical porcelain art-work, with a diameter of 1.05 meters, a total height of 2.1 meters and a weight of 300 kilograms, was designed and     

Opening Ceremony of Exhibition of French Celebrities Medals and First Issuance of China-France Culture Year Commemorative Coins Held

The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and thePeople’s Bank of China jointly held the open-ing ceremony of the Exhibition of French Celebrities Medals and the first issuance of China-France Culture Year commemorative coins at the China Numismatic Museum on November 25,2004.Chen Haosu,Chinese vicechairman of the Mixed Committee for the China-France Culture Year and president ofthe CPAFFC,Wu Xiaoling,deputy governorof the People’s Bank of China,…     

CPAFFC President Chen Haosu and His Party Attend Inauguration of Chinese Bell Art Exhibition in France

At the invitation of the Council of French Mid-Pyrenees Region and the Institute of the European Bell Art (IEBA), CPAFFC President Chen Haosu led a delegation to visit Toulouse City, capital of     

A Matter of Life and Death

Improving death penalty review procedures to make sure justice is done is a challenge for China's Supreme People's Court     

Deke Erh's Shanghai——A Bird's-Eye View 2010 Photo Exhibition

Deke Erh’s Shanghai—A Bird’s Eye View 2010,a photo exhibition,was mounted in the National Art Museum of China from December 27,2010 to January 9,2011.     

Deng Xiaoping: A Maker of History

ThechiefarchitectofChina'sreformandopening,DengXiaoping'slegacywillliveonafterhim.BystaffreporterJINZHONGWENNFEBRUARY19,1997,thegreatChineseleaderDengXiaopingdiedattheageof93.Asthenewsspread,Chinesearoundtheworldwentintomourning.OnFebruary25,10,000peopleattendedhismemorialserviceattheGreatHallofthePeopleinBeting.JiangZendn,generalsecretaryoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)andPresidentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC),recalledDengXiaoping'sgreatcontribution…     

Happy Life at the Foot of the Imperial City Wall——A Glimpse of Community Life in Dongcheng District, Beijing

Grandpa Qin, now 74, has returned to where he had lived for more than six decades in the company of his daughter. In front of him, the old dilapidated scenes have all disappeared. The former nine 1.9-meter-wide lanes have become 12 six-meter-wide roads. The former crowded courtyards, 11 stairs down the lanes, have completely changed their outlook. The only things that seem to have not changed are the old Beijing style of blue tiles and gray bricks and the imperial city walls nearby that are the witnesses to all these changes. Grandpa Qin is among the 300 households who have returned after the rebuilding project was completed. Qin's family lived in the Nanchizi community for five generations. The big     

Sharing Peace——Exhibition of Giant Photos for Sino-Japanese Friendship

An exhibition of giant photos for Sino-Japanese friend-ship entitled Sharing Peace washeld in the Museum of the Chi-nese Revolution from August 10to 13. It was jointly sponsoredby the CPAFFC, the ChineseWomen Photographers' Associa-tion (CWPA), the Aichi Japan-China Friendship Association andthe Executive Committee of thePhoto Exhibition 300 of Japan to     

A Life of Dedication──David Crook

APPROPRIATELY, the memorial meeting for David Crook, writer, educator and old and devoted friend of China and her people, began with the singing of the "Internationale," as he himself had willed.For David, who died on November 1, 2000 at the age of 90, had lived most of his life, and most of the previous century, as a convinced Communist and internationalist. Born of middle-class British-Jewish parents in 1910, he began his political life in the 1930s when studying at Columbia Univers…     

Watering Sino-African Friendship Flower——CPAFFC Delegation''''s Tour of Northern Africa

From October 27 to November 7, 2006, around the end of autumn and early winter when dry leaves were rustling in the chilly wind in Beijing on the west shore of the Pacific Ocean, it was sum- mer in the northern African countries: Morocco, Tunisia and Alge…     

An Appreciation for A Psalm of Life

English poetry is one kind of the most beautiful flowers inEnglishliterature .In order to give an appreciation for poetry inEnglish,the author wouldlike to pluck one of the fragrant flow-ers -A Psal mof Life , written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-toillustrate the beauty of English poetry.There are many aspects from which to appreciate Eng-lish poetry . This paper concentrates just on the poemitself .In other words ,the paper gives the appreciation for A Psal mof Life from a pure poetic …     

The Land of the Long White Cloud——Notes on My Visit to New Zealand

In China, when people talk about New Zealand, the first things that come to mind are clear blue skies,fresh air and high-quality dairy products. For us, working in the Chinese People’s