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Redactia Prietenii Chinei
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Welcome!
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This is China~s Friends!
Ladies and gentelmen, we are here for you and ready to keep in touch about the relationships
between China and the rest of the countries of the world.
We are going to establish a connection with you in order to promote this friendship.
We know that there are many friends of China all over the world and we hope to bring you many
examples with these through our magazine, China~s Friends.
This is China
Official Name: People's Republic of China
 Population : 1,500,000,000
Capital City : Beijing metro (over 14 million)
Languages : Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese),
Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects
Official Currency : Yuan
Religions Daoism (Taoism), Buddhism, Muslim
Land Area 9,326,410 sq km (3,600,927 sq miles)
Latitude/Longitude 39º 93N, 116º 40E
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First, we want to inform you that in 2004, October, there was a special event about the friendship between Romania
and China.It was about the 55th years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.In both countries, this event was
celebrated by a series of events.
55s years of diplomatic relations between Romania and China
Between July 19 and 31, 2004, Devis Grebu~s exhibition °Blossoming Roots° was one
of the cultural exchanges jointly launched by the Ministry of Culture of the People`s Republic of China, Chinese Artists Association
and the Embassy of Romania in China to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between
China and Romania.Devis Grebu is a well-known Romanian graphic painter and illustrator which grew up in an Eastern
European culture where people have a passionate appetite for music and color. Then at the age of thirty-one, he left Romania
and branched out into different cultures. For almost forty years he lived in France, Israel and the United States, before
returning back to his old Romanian roots in 2001.
Examples of signes with
friendship:
In 2004, President Hu Jintao has arrived in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, in an oficial
visit.He visited the southern Romanian city of Constanta, where he hailed the friendship between the two countries.
In 2003, Prime-Minister Adrian Nastase expressed the hope his visit will not only be a continuation
of the two country's political dialogue, but will also promote the traditional friendship between the two countries.
How Chinese leaders celebrated the 55th anniversary of China
Top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng,
Li Changchun and Luo Gan, and over 4,000 people attend a reception marking the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's
Republic of China in Beijing Sept. 30, 2004.
The Red Cross Society of China at 100
anniversary in 2004 The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), functioning as a humanitarian
social relief organization, is the only National Red Cross Society in the People's Republic of China.
At the end of 1995, Red Cross Branches/Units were operating at the following different administrative
levels throughout the country claiming a total membership of 22.4 million people:
- all the 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities;
- 347 Prefectures and Cities;
- 2,562 Counties and Districts;
- 156,000 Grass-root Units (Villages and Townships).
Founded in 1904, the RCSC has targeted the neediest people for assistance, and has contributed to protecting
people's lives and health throughout its 100 years history.
The RCSC has set disaster preparedness as one of its priority tasks, A nationwide network comprising
six Regional Disaster Preparedness Centers is being set up with funds raised both within the country and abroad, in order
to strengthen the RCSC's operational capacity in disaster preparedness and emergency response.
Community-based primary health care training is carried out throughout the country, catering to the
specific needs of different places. More than 1 million people are trained every year, significantly reducing the suffering
and casualties caused by accidents or disasters.
In collaboration with the public health authorities, the RCSC is involved in the management of the
national blood program, with 45 Red Cross Blood Center throughout the country. The RCSC is especially engaged in promoting
non-remunerated voluntary blood donation. In 1992, the RCSC started China's first Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry and
a National Bone Marrow Donors' Data Bank was also set up.
Dissemination of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Fundamental Principles as well as International
Humanitarian Law is another important mandate of the RCSC. On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day each year, i.e. May 8th,
commemorative and dissemination-related events can be witnessed in all parts of the county.
An exhibition about Chinese culture in Europe in 2005
| The inaugural Contemporary Chinese Arts Exhibition will be held this June
in Montpellier, in southern France. The exhibition, which will last for three and a half months. |
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Seventy pieces of artwork created by thirty-six artists from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and
overseas will be on show.
The exhibition, which will last for three and a half months, is planned to be held every two
years in this French city.
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Special Events in 2004
In August 2004, on 29th, China Radio International`s Romanian Service celebrated 36 years
of being.So, we are going to present to you features about this service soon.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL`ROMANIAN SERVICE!
We are with you!
In 2004, 30 July, Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in Bucharest, the capital
of Romania, in an oficial state visit.Sunday, he visited the southern Romanian city of Constanta, where he hailed the friendship
between the two countries.
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In 2003, 20 August, a collection of poems by a distinguished Romanian poet of the 19th century, Mihai Eminescu,
was released to Chinese readerships in Beijing, China.Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889) is recognized as the foremost, prolific modern
Romanian poet, whose poetry, characterized by its romantic color, has been translated into numerous languages.
Chen Haosu,
president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said the publication of Eminescu' works
in Chinese would enhance the existing amity and cooperation between China and Romania, and further promote bilateral cultural
exchanges.
The collection was translated by Feng Zhichen, a Romanian language professor of the Beijing Foreign Studies
University.
The Chinese symbol for friendship |
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The World Wide Web and the Internet provides a perfect resource for finding out more about the Chinese symbol
for friendship. Indeed, at this point in history, the Internet really has fast become the primary location for information
on a whole host of topics.
The Chinese symbol for friendship is defined as follows:
"Symbol For Friendship -
For many people there is a need to find a symbol for friendship, a sign that can be identified with the feelings two friends
have for each other. Finding a proper symbol for friendship can be a difficult task in many circumstances."
Romania can be presented to Chinese speakers in the world directly from Bucharest
On October the lst, 1999, RRI (Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation) started to produce programmes in Chinese.
The editorial staff benefited from the contribution of Chinese nationals residing in Romania, and Chinese language experts
such as Yang Shunxi, a former professor of Romanian at the University of Beijing, as well as our colleagues from Radio China
International, the Romanian language department, Li Jiayu and Shen Qinchen.
The first experimental radio programmes broadcast by Romania for listeners in foreign countries were music
programmes. That was in 1927, a year before the National Radio Broadcasting Society was established.
Following the
anticommunist Romanian Revolution of December 1989, Radio Bucharest became Radio Romania International, the programmes acquired
a whole new format, the staff welcomed young members, and the RRI services turned towards the future, towards once again building
a bridge between Romania and the democratic world and re-establishing the link between Romanians living abroad and those back
home, a link that had been weakened on purpose by the totalitarian regime.
The broadcasts in foreign languages were introduced
as a result of a government initiative. Although the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation was a joint venture made up of
60% state capital and 40% private capital, the decisions made by its Board would always reflect the best interests of the
Romanian state. Those programmes were introduced precisely to make known to the world Romanian culture, realities and the
events taking place in the Kingdom of Romania. They were a government initiative aimed at promoting Romania’s image
abroad.
55s years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and India in 2005
Chinese and Indian leaders on Friday 2005, 8th of April, exchanged congratulatory messages on the 55th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic ties between their two countries.
China is one of the countries with the longest histories in the world
The people of all nationalities in China have jointly created a splendid
culture and have a glorious revolutionary tradition. Feudal China was gradually reduced after 1840 to a semi-colonial and
semi-feudal country. The Chinese people waged wave upon wave of heroic struggles for national independence and liberation
and for democracy and freedom. Great and earth-shaking historical changes have taken place in China in the 20th century. The
Revolution of 1911, led by Dr Sun Yat-sen, abolished the feudal monarchy and gave birth to the Republic of China. But the
Chinese people had yet to fulfil their historical task of overthrowing imperialism and feudalism. After waging hard, protracted
and tortuous struggles, armed and otherwise, the Chinese people of all nationalities led by the Communist Party of China with
Chairman Mao Zedong as its leader ultimately, in 1949, overthrew the rule of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism,
won the great victory of the new-democratic revolution and founded the People's Republic of China. Thereupon the Chinese people
took state power into their own hands and became masters of the country.
After the founding of the People's Republic, the transition of Chinese society from
a new- democratic to a socialist society was effected step by step. The socialist transformation of the private ownership
of the means of production was completed, the system of exploitation of man by man eliminated and the socialist system established.
(from Constitution of China) |
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