Turkey to hold Chinese culture events

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Turkey to hold Chinese culture events
08:20, September 29, 2010

China and Turkey will hold a series of cultural events in Ankara and Istanbul in October and November to promote Turkish people's understanding of contemporary China and enhance cultural communication between the two countries.

The program, named "Experience China in Turkey," includes nine major events, such as the Chinese-Turkish political and economic forums, Chinese folk dance shows, Chinese movie and television weeks and exchanges between journalists and writers, according to Cultural Counsellor Yu Jian of the Chinese Embassy in Ankara.

Yu told a press briefing on Tuesday that the events will not only introduce China's history, culture and modern development to Turkish people but will also contribute to better bilateral ties.

Chinese Ambassador to Turkey Gong Xiaosheng said the events are a significant opportunity for Turkish people to know China in a comprehensive, profound and objective way.

Most Turkish and Chinese people still do not know each other very well, while they derive their understanding from history textbooks or the Western media and are hence influenced by many negative views, Gong told reporters at the briefing.

"'Experience China' is just a beginning. We should continue with other similar activities after this to work for better communication and friendship between our people," he said.

The Year of China in Turkey will be held in 2012 and the Year of Turkey in China will be held in 2013, said Yu.

"Experience China in Turkey" events are sponsored by the State Council Information Office of China and jointly held by China's Cultural Ministry, Turkey's Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Cultural and Tourism.

Source:Xinhua

Turkey to hold Chinese culture events - People's Daily Online

 

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Turkey...
is it the country want to built a country in Xinjiang called east turkestan???

Yes but it looks like the two countries seem to be working thing out.

But really people are so stupid. They are willing to canonize and hold up as a hero any crook and shill willing to embarrass China on the international stage. Ok I understand the feel-good zen holyman shtick that the Dalai Lama has going but Rebiya Kadeer??? Really? They uniformly condemn terrorism when it happens to their own people but they brush off repeated terrorist attacks that take innocent lives in Xinjiang.


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and absolutely ignores the preferential treatment and kid glove approach the government has taken to Uighurs.

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When I was a kid living in Beijing I always found it odd that Uighurs neighborhood had their own Uighur police forces. When I asked my parents about it, these people apparent will not listen to or obey regular Chinese policemen.