Peaceful Purposes

Patrick Mendis is a Rajawali senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Ash Cente for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University and a visiting fellow at Peking University’s School of International Studies.With his book Peaceful War being published in China in Chinese,Beijing Review reporter Bryan Michael Galvan sa down with Mendis and talked about his vision for China and its relations with the rest of the world.Excerpts of the interview follow:     

Middle Kingdom and Dark Continent Remain Obscure to Each Other—An Interview with He Wenping,Director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies,the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

SINO-AFRICAN cooperation has a long history with many high points, but there is a wide gap between the Chinese and Western world views in terms of Sino-African relations. China Today interviewed He Wenping to explore this difficult territory from her perspective as director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He Wenping obtained her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the School of International Studies, Peking University.     

Voices

正"My current visit to Egypt,on the instructions of President Xi Jinping,is to show China’s i rm support for the Egyptian government and people,and to express China’s sincere desire to deepen mutually benei cial cooperation between China and Egypt,"said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on August 3.Before the talk he conveyed President Xi’s message to President Sisi.Wang Yi added that     

Inter-party Relations Promote Sino-African Strategic Partnership

LAST July, South African President Jacob Zuma made particular mention of the relationship between South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress(ANC) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) at a meeting with Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping. He expressed his satisfaction with the cur     

PEOPLE & POINTS

正CHINESE SPEAKER AT HARVARD COMMENCEMEN He Jiang,a doctoral student in biology at Harvard University,has been chosen as one of the speakers at the university's May 26 commencement ceremony.He is the first ever student from the Chinese mainland to speak at the event.He,who comes from a village in central China's Hunan Province,graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2009.The PhD student won the     

Forum on cooperation between Chinese and Pakistan provinces and cities a success

<正>On Dec 9, the 2021 Forum on Cooperation between China and Pakistan Friendship Provinces and Cities was successfully held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, online and offline simultaneously. The forum was co-hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Pakistan embassy in China. Zhang Chunxian, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China,     

INTERPRETING MAO

Thirty years ago, Chairman Mao Zedong died in Beijing at the age of 83. On the occasion of the September 9 anniversary of his death, Beijing Review asked scholars to discuss the legacy of the most legendary state leader that modern China has ever seen. Merle Goldman, Professor Emerita of History at Boston University and an associate of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, Thomas Paul Bernstein, a political science professor and member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University, and Yang Kuisong, a history professor at Peking University, shared their opinions with Beijing Review reporters Wang Yanjuan and Chen Wen in New York and Li Li in Beijing.     

SOCIETY

<正>Antarctic Airplane Researchers pose for a group photo with China’s first polar airplane,the Snow Eagle 601,after a successful trial flight at the Zhongshan Station,a Chinese scientific research base in Antarctica,on December 7.It is the first time that China has deployed a fixed-wing aircraft in a scientific expedition to Antarctica.The aircraft will serve as a transport link between the Zhongshan and Kunlun stations of China and the nearby stations of other     

Under the Global Spotlight

<正>Donald Trump’s visit bodes well for China-U.S.relations After Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged with his U.S.counterpart,Donald Trump,in deep and friendly exchanges at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in April,Trump is paying a state visit to China from November 8to 10.The visit is the result of active political and diplomatic interactions between the two major     

THIS WEEK

正SPIRIT OF YOUTH President Xi Jinping joins students for a discussion at the School of Marxism of Peking University in Beijing on May 2.Xi visited the prestigious higher education institution ahead of China’s Youth Day and the120th anniversary of Peking University,which both fell on May 4.He called for the building of world-class universities with Chinese characteristics.     

International Human Rights Conventions in China——An interview with Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

On the advent of the ＂International Human Rights Day＂ on Dec. 10, 2007, our staff reporter Interviewed Research Fellow Mo Jihong of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on how the international human rights conventions are implemented in China.
Born in May 1965, Mo Jihong is a native of Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province. He is a research fellow at the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social sciences and a tutor for Ph.D candidates in the International Human Rights Law. He also serves as an executive member of the Society for International Constitution Studies and vice-president of the Constitution Chapter of the China Society of Law. He was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Institute of Norway, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His principal works include International Human Rights Convention and China （2005）, Principles of Constitutional Sciences in Practice （2007） and In Defense of Legislation （2007）. He was elected as one of the ten most outstanding young jurists in China.
The following is the full text of the interview：     

Not Opponents

正The relationship between China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies is questionable at best, with most parties seeing it as oppositional or complementary. Hu Angang, Director of the Center for China Studies at Tsinghua University, shares his views in an article for Journal of the Chinese Academy of Governance, stating that the idea of the state advancing causing the private sector to retreat is a misconception. Edited excerpts follow:     

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,…     

PEOPLE & POINTS

正AUSTRIA HONORS CHINESE FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGES Wu Jiatong, President of Wu Promotion, a Chinese agency specializing in artistic and cultural exchanges between China and the world, was honored with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art for building bridges between Austria and China. The award ceremony took place at the Embassy of Austria in Beijing on May 16.     

SHANGHAI,China’s Emerging Cosmopolitan

A t an invitation from the Chinese People’s As- sociation for Friendship with Foreign Coun-tries (CPAFFC), I and four of my colleagues, allof them members of the Sri Lanka-China Society,had the opportunity to visit China recently and towitness the enormous development that had takenplace there. One of our itineraries, the City of Shanghai,which is the largest and also the main commercialcentre in China with a population of around16.74m, is situated almost mid way between t…     

PEOPLE POWER

<正>Africa’s diaspora is its most influential cultural envoy,building bridges between the continent and China Dr.Adams Bodomo dislikes the phrase"Sino-African.""It’s a question of symmetry and focus,"the professor of African Studies at the University of Vienna explained carefuly from his office in Austria."I accept the Chinese saying that because it is natural for     

Internationalization In Process

Sound and sustainable growth of the Chinese economy will determine whether yuan goes global June 1 is the first anniversary of direct trading between Chinese yuan, or ren- minbi, and Japanese yen. The anniversary comes at a time of strained ties between China and Japan, the world’s second and third largest economies     

Culture Refines a City’s Style

In the past decade,the proportion of China’s urban population has increased 3.2 percent annually,giving it the fastest urbanization rate in the world. Of the global cities whose population exceeds 500,000,236 of them,or one quarter of the world’s stock,are in China. Construction projects in cities are reducing the architectural remnants of their traditional culture. The impulses that drive urbanization and modernization seem to contradict the values associated with cultural preservation. What is China’s approach to this dilemma? With this question China Today interviewed Lü Pintian,a researcher with the Chinese National Academy of Arts and a member of the National Experts Committee for Protecting Intangible Cultural Heritage. As a veteran scholar on Chinese culture and arts,Lü Pintian champions mastery of all forms of cultural expression,believing the arts to be the touchstone of social culture and ecological balance. He advocates "reinvigorating handicrafts and activating folklore" as basic tactics for protecting China’s intangible cultural heritage. His academic works have won much acclaim.     

An Interview with Norio Shirato

At the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC),NorioShirato,executive council member of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association (JCCEA) paid a visit to Beijingfrom July 16 to July 20, 1995. He has served as director of the General Office and executive council member of theJCCBA for a long time,fully in charge of exchanges with China and has made unremitting efforts and importantcontributions to the development of relations between China and Japan. In recognition of his contributions, the CPAFFCconferred the title of "Friendship Ambassador" upon him on July 17. On July 18, the editor-in-chief of the "Voice ofFriendship" as a reporter had an interview with him. Following is the excerpts:     

A Brief Account of China Friendship Peace and Development Foundation

The China Friendship Peace and Development Foundation is a national corporate organization setup on May 15, 1996 in Beijing with the approval of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People'sRepublic of China and the Head Office of the People's Bank of China. It is aimed at promoting friendlyexchanges and cooperation between the Chinese people and the people throughout the world, safe-guarding world peace and serving China's modernization drive and its social progress.