Forging bonds

Introducing the cultural values and practices of one nation to another is not quite an easy job, but with the boon of technology, Chinese culture has found its way into India through DVDs! India China Economic and Cultural (ICEC) Council along with China Radio International organised the release of Hello, China DVDs in Hindi and Tamil in context of strengthening ties between the two nations in the national Capital on Monday evening.

The evening also witnessed the launch of a Hindi book Hello China!, written by Anil Azad Pandey, who is currently working with the China Radio International.

The DVD Hello, China has 100 points from the historical accumulation of Chinese development which represents their traditional cultural essence, to reflect extensive and profound Chinese culture on all aspects and make overseas people deepen understanding on China and Chinese culture.

In the context of building good relation between the two nations, language plays a very important role, in this case Indians and Chinese communicate through English. But there have been some special cases, as the Deputy Chief of Mission, Liu Jin Song pointed out among the audience that a Chinese lady, Georgia had taken lessons in Tamil in order to work. Such examples empower the cause of Visit China year in India and Visit India year in China 2016. As per Wang Gengnian, General Director of China Radio International, “The initiative is not only a glorious calling to the tourism fraternity but also a significant opportunity for both the countries to strengthen tourism exchange and cooperation.”

“I have been living in China since 2009. On my personal experience of visiting the Chinese villages, witnessing the local culture and getting to know their thoughts about India, I have written the book Hello China!. The book has clubbed contents of stories and articles. We always come to know about each other through the Western news services, but my experience says that China is very different from what we think of it. The common people of the country do not hate Indians. When one gets to know each another individually, they can be very good friends. Chinese culture is very similar to ours, even though they are changing very fast these days, one might feel like he/she is in India when he/she visits some of the Chinese villages and their homes,” said Anil Azad Pandey.