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Greek Culture Minister Michalis Liapis
(L) and Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Zhao Weisui sign a 2007-2010
cultural exchange plan in Athens, Greece, Dec. 3, 2007. According the
plan, China and Greece will develop communication and cooperation in the
fields of art, film, music etc. (Xinhua Photo)
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ATHENS, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China and Greece signed
here Monday the Protocol of Cultural Exchanges for 2007-2010.
Sharing grand ancient civilizations and rich cultural
heritage, both countries will increase cooperation in the protection of cultural
relics as well as exchanges in fine art, theater, cinema, music and traditional
culture, according to the protocol.
Zhao Weisui, China's Vice Minister of Culture, said
the protocol is the first bilateral cultural exchange agreement after the two
countries decided to set up a strategic partnership in 2006.
"The Cultural Year of Greece, started this October in
Beijing, gave a chance to the Chinese people to know splendid ancient Greek
civilization as well as the modern Greece," said Zhao.
Greek Minister of Culture Mihalis Liapis expressed
his thanks to the Chinese government for holding the Greek cultural year on the
eve of the Beijing Olympic Games, which are to be held in August, 2008.
The two ministers also showed their readiness to
cooperate in the prevention of theft, illegal imports, exports and the transfer
of cultural properties and works of art.
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Greek Culture Minister Michalis Liapis
(L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Zhao Weisui after
signing the 2007-2010 cultural exchange plan in Athens, Greece, Dec. 3,
2007. According the plan, China and Greece will develop communication and
cooperation in the fields of art, film, music etc. (Xinhua
Photo)
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China, Europe
step up cultural exchanges
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- From
thousands of years old relics to burgeoning avant-garde art, China and European
countries are promoting cultural exchanges to boost mutual understanding.
With Chinese contemporary art gaining more of the
spotlight on the international market, when one of the biggest Chinese
contemporary art collectors, Belgian baron Guy Ullens, opened the Ullens Center
for Contemporary Art (UCCA), it was one of the landmark events in Chinese
contemporary art circles. Full story
Former Japanese
PM calls for further cultural exchanges with China
XI'AN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Former
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama attended an activity held in the
western Chinese city of Xi'an Sunday, in memory of the Japanese envoys
dispatched to China more than 1,400 years ago.
A 400-member tour, headed by
Tomiichi Murayama, visited the city where the Japanese envoys came during the
Sui Dynasty (581-618).
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German chancellor to boost cultural exchanges in China
BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- From thousands of
years old relics to burgeoning avant-garde art, China and European countries are
promoting cultural exchanges to boost mutual understanding.
With Chinese contemporary art gaining more of the spotlight on the international market, when one of the biggest Chinese contemporary art collectors, Belgian baron Guy Ullens, opened the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), it was one of the landmark events in Chinese contemporary art circles. Full story
