China Cultural Center： An Overseas Platform for the Spread of Chinese Language and Culture

Foreigners have shown increasing interest in Chinese culture in recent years. As a platform for the spread of Chinese culture, China Cultural Center （CCC） is playing a key role in facilitating Chinese language learning among foreigners.     

Hami：A City of History on the Silk Road

Hami, located in the east gate of Xinjiang, was an unavoidable pass on the Silk Road if one trekked from inland China to the Western Region (presentday Xinjiang). Because of itsgeographic and strategic importance,every dynasty in history deployed heavy armed forces there. As a gateway from the inland to the     

Cai Wu Attends the ＂World Cultural Development Forum＂

On November 24, 2013, the ＂World Cultural Development Forum＂ was held in Bali, Indonesia. High-level officials from over 30 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa came to attend this forum. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia was present at the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Cai Wu, China＇s Minister of Culture, attended the meeting and delivered a keynote speech.     

The Tajik People： Crown on the Roof of the World

The Tajiks reside in relative isolation in the snow-capped Pamir Mountain range of West China near the borders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia. The Pamir mountains, known as the “roof of the world”, surround this specially designated Tajik district in three directions, and a desert borders the region on the fourth. The largest concentration of Tajik people live on the edge of Tashkorgan,     

Persons of the Year 2013 for China＇s Cultural Industries Honored

The result of Chinese cultural indus- try＇s Person of theYear 2013 initiated by Guangming Daily was announced on Jan 18th and ten elites from the cultural industry received this special honor.     

Chinese Does Not Only Belong to China： the First World Chinese Conference

With China＇s growing economy and its more extensive exchange with the world in trade, culture and education, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese. It is in this context that the first World Chinese Conference, with the theme of “Chinese Development in the Context of Cultural Diversity”, opened on July 20 in Beijing, attracting some 600 participants from the globe.     

Trend of China＇s Cultural Industry Development in 2014

2013 witnessed rapid development of China＇s cultural industry. Thanks to a series of preferential policies, China＇s cultural economy and cultural consumption index grew continuously,     

Painted and Crafted Gourd： a Traditional Art of China

<正>Chinese culture is known for its obscurity,profundity and allusiveness.As the word "gourd"is homophonic with"fortune"and     

China＇s Cultural Property Exhibitions Held Abroad in 2013

Chinese cultural relics travel around the world, and as a result, the world knows China bet- ter. Li Xiaojie, Vice Cultural Minister of China and Director-general of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said, ＂In cultural exchanges, we advocate mutual respect and learning from each other. Cultural exchanges, as a bond, could help us constantly increase mutual understanding and dialogue among different civilizations. Cultural exchanges in a more extensive, deep and sustained way can make greater contribution to cultural diversity of the world.＂     

中国28处世界遗产简介

联合国教科组织从1972年起发起世界化遗产保护活动。目前全世界有721处自然和化景点被列入《联合国教科组织世界化遗产名录》。     

林则徐译报:中国人办报的先声

关于报刊在中国的发展，大家都知道这样一个事实：1815年，英国传教士马礼逊、米怜在马六甲创办了世界上第一份近代中文杂志《察世俗每月统计传》，到1833年，英国传教士郭士立在广州创办了《东西洋考》，这才是第一份在中国境内出版的中文报刊。随后，不断有传教士在中国创办中文报刊。鸦片战争后，外国传教士在中国办报形成了一个小高潮。外国人在中国的办报活动对中国的新闻事业起到了刺激和示范的作用。通过借鉴传教士们的办报经验，     

客家人林海音追记

何凡先生为联合副刊写的“玻璃垫上”是我们从小爱读的专栏，而林海音女士是许多文坛前辈崇敬的“林先生”、“林阿姨”，我尊称两老为“何凡伯伯”、“海音阿姨”是因他俩是学长的双亲，绍光和我跟她的公子夏烈(祖焯)及媳妇龚明祺都在密西根前后同学。     

A Ferryman that Builds a Cultural Bridge between China and Belgium

<正>Claire Kirschen is a name that must be mentioned in the China-Belgium diplomatic history. She served as the Belgian Ambassador to China and is now the Belgian General Coordinator for Europalia.China, a biennial international arts festival.     

中国古代建筑与宇宙观

哲学是关于宇宙观的学问。宇宙观就是人们对于宇宙的总的看法。宇宙是指一切物质及其存在形式的总和。对于宇宙的看法即相当于对于整个世界的看法，因此也可以说，宇宙观亦即世界观。     

Collages of Memory: Remembering the Second World War Differently as the Epistemology of Crafting Cultural Conflicts between Russia and Ukraine

This essay critically examines the current duality of Russian-Ukrainian intercultural relations and explores the subject of politics of active and selective memory as the claimed root of current controversies and military tensions. Through rhetorical analysis of historical and contemporary national narratives, it demonstrates how culturally defining experience of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War is remembered, rethought, and reused by respective parties to reinvent the Self and the Br/Other, as well as rethink ones positionality on the world arena.     

China in a Bumpy Way to Restitute Lost Cultural Property

At a special sale on the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge held in Paris on February 25, in spite of repeated negotiations from the Chinese Government and strong protests from the Chinese people, Christie＇s, a world-famous auction giant, auctioned the rat head and rabbit head which were looted from China＇s royal garden＂Yuanmingyuan＂ in 1860 by the British and French Allied Forces. The two bronze heads were eventually sold for 14 million euro each. This shameful sale has again triggered out reflections on the restitution of cultural property looted or stolen from China.     

Overseas Cultural Relics Have a Hard Road Back to China

Agroup of cultural relics belong- ing to China, but smuggled ,into the US will be returned by US authorities in two months, according to a Chinese judicial official at an inter- national conference.