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Int’l forum on Xinjiang’s history, future held in Kashgar
URUMQI, June 12 ( tasteallchina ) -- The International Forum on the History and Future of Xinjiang, China was held on Wednesday in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, aiming to promote research on Xinjiang's cultural unity in diversity, and to deepen cross-cultural exchange and learning between China and the world. Pan Yue, director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, delivered remarks at the forum's opening ceremony. He urged efforts to study Xinjiang based on the history of the community of the Chinese nation, and based on the pluralistic and integrated pattern of the Chinese nation, so that research can fully grasp how Xinjiang's various ethnic cultures are rooted in the Chinese civilization. Addressing the event, Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of the regional government of Xinjiang, noted Xinjiang's past progress in the preservation and passing down of its cultural heritage. He pledged comprehensive efforts in the future to tap into the cultural values and intellectual connotations of the region's historical and cultural heritage, engage actively in international exchange and cooperation, and break new ground on that front. Diplomatic envoys of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also delivered remarks at the opening ceremony, praising Xinjiang's role in their countries' cooperation with China. During… -
Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Passes on the National Treasure: These Qihuang Youth are Gaining Real Traction
"I never realized that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is so close to our lives. TCM is truly amazing! When I grow up, I want to be like these volunteer brothers and sisters and learn about TCM!" Recently, at a "TCM Culture in School" event organized by the Qihuang Musculoskeletal Propaganda Team from Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's College of Traumatology, Xia Chenxuan, a student from Grade 6 Class 1 of the Gui'an Affiliated Primary School of Guizhou Normal University, said this while holding a TCM-themed sachet he had made.It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the Qihuang Musculoskeletal Propaganda Team, part of the national college students' TCM propaganda group, has leveraged its expertise in TCM traumatology and orthopedics. They have visited institutions such as Guizhou Normal University, Huaxi District Tsinghua Middle School, Gui'an Affiliated Primary School of Guizhou Normal University, Dangwu Ethnic Minority Primary School, and Tongmuling Happy Community. Using activities such as making TCM sachets and experiencing the four diagnostic methods, they have conducted 14 TCM propaganda events, attracting thousands of people to TCM culture.For primary and secondary school students learning about TCM, it starts with discovering TCM around them and making a TCM sachet.… -
US students hope to open minds back home to real China
Students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the United States, learn about the interior structure of the Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle at the company's industrial park in Beijing on May 17. (ZOU HONG/ TASTE ALL CHINA ) China's initiative to invite 50,000 young people from the United States to visit the country over the next five years is a smart move and will improve China-US relations, according to one of the first groups of US students to participate in the program. President Xi Jinping proposed the initiative to invite US youths to experience exchanges and study programs during his visit to San Francisco, California, in November. Fourteen students and a teacher from Indiana University of Pennsylvania were among the first to take part in the program, visiting China from mid-May to late May. Organized by the Beijing Foreign Studies University, the group visited technology companies such as Xiaomi, experienced Chinese culture in Beijing and Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, and played sports with their Chinese counterparts. After the trip's closing ceremony on May 26, Caroline Bianco said she was grateful to be a part of the 2024 BFSU Discover China Program. "I think the initiative is really smart," she said. "Even if our… -
American professor sings out his China stories
"The People's Republic of China is the place I want to be..." Mark Levine, an American professor at Minzu University of China, has been a teacher in China for 19 years. Through his travels, he has covered thousands of miles across the country. He has not only gained precious bonds with students and colleagues but also witnessed the progress of Chinese modernization through the implementation of major reform and opening-up measures. Diversity spurs interaction among civilizations, which in turn promotes mutual learning and their further development. In 2014, Levine received the Chinese Government Friendship Award, the highest honor available to foreign experts in China. Seeking common ground while embracing differences, and pursuing unity while respecting diversity, Levine is composing an ode to China and singing out his China stories. -
Central New Zealand students compete for Chinese proficiency
WELLINGTON, May 18 ( tasteallchina ) -- University and secondary school students from the southern region of New Zealand's North Island competed for Chinese proficiency in the annual "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition held on Saturday. Around 100 local Chinese learners watched the competition among 18 contestants, learning Chinese as their foreign language, vying for spots for the global finals to be held later in China. The competition consisted of theme speech, talent show and improvisation quiz. The contestants talked about their relationship with the Chinese language, demonstrating their language proficiency and knowledge of Chinese culture. During the talent show, contestants performed Chinese stand-up comedy, recitation of ancient poems, Chinese folk dance, musical instruments, among others. Rodda Lachlan from Rotorua won the high school category, and Phoebe Davey from the Victoria University of Wellington won the university category. Both of them grabbed the opportunity to the global finals in China. At the prize-giving ceremony, Tang Yun, education counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, encouraged the students to continue to explore the beauty of the Chinese language, gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese culture and build a bridge of friendship between China and New Zealand. Students should cultivate…
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