World Porcelain Capital Playing the Spring Overture——Notes on the Building of Jingdezhen City into the World Porcelain Capital

<正>Jingdezhen city lies in the Northeast of Jiangxi Province.It is located in the transitional area between the Huangshan-Huaiyushan mountain range and the Plain of Poyang Lake and is known as the historical"capital of porcelain"with a history of about 1000 years.It was listed as the four famous     

A Pragmatic and Effective Journey——Sidelights on the Visit of the MEP Delegation

<正>At the invitation of CAFIU,a 6-member delegation of Members of European Parliament(MEP)led by Mr.István Ujhelyi,Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism(TRAN),and former Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly visited China on June 17-20,2015.In Beijing,Mr.Qi Xuchun,Vice-Chairman of the     

ON CHINA-US-JAPAN TRILATERAL RELATIONS——A Comment on Their Recent Exchanges of Top-level Visits

Aperiod of time between the golden autumn of 1997 and the flowery spring of1998 can be deemed as a "season of diplomacy" for the three Pacific-rimcountries of China, America and Japan. Japanese Prime Minister RyutaroHashimoto's visit to China in September 1997 and that to be made by PresidentJiang Zemin next year will go down as significant events in the diplomatic history of     

A Rising Star on World Stage

The birth of the new South Africa signifies the end of international isolation ofthe old racist regime, the return of the country to the global community anda rising role for the republic in African and world affairs. The old racist regime was a regional hegemonic power, the root cause of eviland instability in Southern Africa, It occupied Namibia for a long time, intervened     

A Grand Gathering for Exchanging Ideas and Minds——Some Notes about the Seminar on East Asia Community

<正>On March 9, at the invitation of the Kazankai Foundation of Japan, Executive Vice President of CAFIU Mr. Li Chengren led a six-member     

A Journey to Explore Cooperation—Random Notes on the Visit of SANCO Delegation to China

At the invitation of CAFIU, a delegation of South African National Civic Organization(SANCO) led by Ms. Ruth Bhengu, acting President visited China in June. This is the first encounter between the two organizations. CAFIU attached great importance to this…     

Unforgettable Mexico——Notes on the Global Summit for Women

On June 22, I had the honor to go to Mexico toattend "the 12th Global Summit for Women" as amember of the CAFIU delegation. When we ar-rived in Mexico, the whole sky was dotted withstars. Looking over the Mexico City, we saw end-less lights shining mystically. Located in the val-ley of Mexico Plateau in the mid and south partsof the country and with more than 18 millionpeople, Mexico City is the second largest city ofthe world in terms of population. Gathered in thishistoric renowned c…     

Building A Platform for Understanding and Establishing Channels for Cooperation——Notes on the 2014 “Understanding & Cooperation” Dialogue

正From June 16 to 18,the 2014"UnderstandingCooperation"Dialogue and Forum on Rethinking Asia,co-hosted by CAFIU and FES and jointly organized with China Foundation for Peace and Development,was held in Tutzing,a beautiful and spacious manor located at 30km southwest of Munich.Nearly 60 delegates from more than 10Asian and European countries participated in the event,including China,Germany,Korea,Japan,     

To a Nuclear Weapons-Free World——A Chinese Perspective

A nuclear weapons-free world(NWFW) has been advocated and welcomed recently.However,the realization of a NWFW is quite difficult.The author believes that it is more realistic to build a nuclear weapons-free zone(NWFZ) than it is to build a NWFW,at least in the short term.She analyses the significance of NWFZs and issues confronting the existing zones and pointed out how to create more NWFZs.     

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Addresses the Opening of Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations in 2020

On December 11,2020,State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended the opening of the Symposium on the Intermational Situation and China's Foreign Relations in 2020 in Beijing,and delivered a keynote speech entitled“Serving the Country and Contributing to the World:China's Diplomacy in a Time of Unprecedented Global Changes and a Once-in-a-Century Pandemic.”     

A New Perspective on the Transition of the East Asian Order——A Review of China's Rise and the Transition of the East Asian Order:Shaping and Expanding of Shared Interests

The current world situation, which is undergoing profound changes, is still in the process of post-Cold War transition.     

A Vital New Force to Promote Sustainable Development——Sidelight of“The Conference of Non-Governmental Organization Leaders on Southern Countries’ Sustainable Development”

Asamemberofafour－peo－plegroupledbyProfessorNiuWenyuan，HeadoftheSustain－ableDevelopmentStrategyGroupoftheChineseAcademyofSci－ences，thepresentwriterattendedtheConferenceofNon－Govern－mentalOrganizationLeadersonSouthernCountries＇SustainableDevelopment，whichwasheldinAlgiersfromMarch１６to１７thisyear．TheparticipantscamefromrelevantUNinstitutions，regionalorganizations，includingaboutfivetosixhundreddelegatesmainlyfromdevelopingcountries．Thesloganfortheconferenceis：″MayNon－G…     

Australia and China： A Joint Report on the Bilateral Relationship

The authors of this article believe that all sectors should play an active role in supporting serious,mature discussions about how to improve bilateral relations and expand areas of cooperation based on mutual acknowledgement of differences and disagreements.Regular face-to-face contact at all levels is also necessary.     

A Note on Attending the Conference──Thailand－China Relations： A Friendship of Twenty Years

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Friendship across Pacific Ocean——Sidelights on the Visit of Crown Prince of Tonga

正At the invitation of the Chinese Association for International Understanding(CAFIU),Crown Prince Tupouto’a’Ulukalala and Crown Princess Sinaitakala of the Kingdom of Tonga visited China from December 8 to December 14,2014.     

The Crystal Curtain: A Postscript on Europe’s North-South Divide

The European Union’s sovereign debt and banking crisis has made apparent a gnawing gap between the northern and southern parts of Europe. Over the course of this past half decade, this divide has been brought into the public debate through a myriad of perspectives, from social trust to competitiveness. Yet, the governance sources of the divide are underestimated in policy practices and misrepresented in the political discourse. A governance approach can help clarify why the pursuit of convergence underpinning EU crisis-resolution mechanisms has become a contributing factor, rather than a prospective solution to the North-South gap. In doing so, governance also forms the basis for recommendations to policymakers in both halves of the continent, especially when confronted with the challenge of populist Euroscepticism.     

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION—A KEY TO SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Environmental issues, mainly the global warming, the ozone layer depletion,the acid rain, the air and water pollution, the desertification, and the loss ofbiodiversity--have caught attention of the entire human race. It is now universallyacknowledged that environmental protection is a political and social problem as wellas an economic one. It involves various sectors of the national economy and so hasan important bearing on sustainable economic and social development of all nations.