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Francesca Bonati / 8th international campus Shanghai

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Dal 18 al 29 luglio si è svolta a Shanghai l'ottava edizione dell'international Youth Interactive Friendship Camp. Quest'anno ho avuto anche io l'occasione di prendervi parte quale osservatore (esatto, non sono più cosi giovane) invitata dall'organizzatore che è anche stakeholder nel nostro progetto C4Eu e che mi ha dato l'opportunità di presentare il progetto a tutti i partecipanti e testare la prima lezione con dei ragazzi italiani (3 partecipanti in tutto).

Rob Williams / How far back do you go?

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I went to a presentation from one of my students not too long ago. It was about the perceptions. Where does the western mythology about China come from and is it justified? Clearly not. But what was interesting was the view put forward that all many people really know about China dates from the Cultural Revolution. We know Mao, Tiananmen Square 1989 and the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. We lap up the notion that China has become the factory of the world, that China’s growth is to be both admired and mistrusted.

Rob Williams / Chinese for EU

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I was walking down the main road near where I live in London and, in common with most main roads in London, buses whizz up and down it. Normally I don’t give the adverts on the buses a second glance, but one advert caught my eye recently. It was completely in Chinese.

Justyna Wicik / China for crisis

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Since 2009 the whole European Community is experiencing a serious economic crisis. In these hard times, many entrepreneurs close down their companies, others focus on development of complex strategies that would let their business survive. Still, we shouldn't forget, that there is also the other side of the coin, and even after the heaviest slowdown, the time of economic prosperity must come.

Aistė Dabulevičiūtė / Learning Chinese in Lithuania(n)

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Recently one could have noticed that Lithuanian media cover topics related to China more frequently than before.