History
The Circle of China’s Friends in Macedonia
Yu Xi • 107 •
Thanks to the recommendation of Mr. Wen Zhenshun, former Ambassador of China to Macedonia, the author has recently interviewed several China’s good friends in Macedonia who had held important positions in the Macedonian government or had important social influence and played an important role in restoring and promoting diplomatic relations between China and Macedonia.
Book Review
Chinese Students in France: Assisting China’s Reform and Opening up — A Review of Forty Years of Studying in France
Chen Xi • 113 •
Studying abroad is the core link of China’s educational opening up with the outside world, and also a bridge of multicultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. Furthermore, it is an especially important driving force for China’s reform, opening up and social modernization. France is one of the earliest countries to carry out educational exchanges and cooperation with China. The book Forty Years of Studying in France (Overall Planning: Cheng Hui, Feng Songlin and Cao Wei; Published by China Economic Publishing House in July 2018), based on the narratives of more than 200 scholars who have once studied in France, along with 160 precious historical pictures, a list of 13 associations of overseas scholars in France, and a name list of nearly 14,000 Chinese students in France, has recorded and presents some of the fantastic stories of Chinese scholars studying in France during the past 40 years of reform and opening up from 1978 to 2018 in a panoramic way with different perspectives. In terms of researching student groups studying abroad, China’s international education cooperation and cultural and foreign policies, the book holds important historical value. It also serves as an important guide for training both Chinese students abroad and foreign students in China and assisting the development of Chinese society.
