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JINAN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Focusing on common values and a community with a shared future for humanity, the Nishan Forum on World Civilizations saw its ninth gathering at Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius in east China's Shandong Province, from Tuesday to Thursday.

China Focus: Chinas whole-process peoples democracy effective, serves interests of people: intl experts-

Confucius hometown forum calls for dialogue of civilizations-

When the world is living through profound changes and a pandemic both unseen in a century, accompanied by geopolitical tensions, there is a common call for a dialogue among different civilizations to seek a better future for humanity.

The 2022 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival and the eighth Nishan Forum on World Civilizations will be held in Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, East China's Shandong province, from Sept 26 to 28, to promote excellent traditional Chinese culture and enhance communications and mutual learning between different civilizations.

Interview: Expert sees need for better understanding, more communications between China, West-

In recent years, Chinas social and economic policies are a hot topic of discussion among media all over the world. Unfortunately, few Western media outlets can correctly show their audience an authentic image of China due to their lack of understanding of the country or their malicious bias against it.

The Chinese Government Friendship Award was presented to Roger T. Ames.

In the 1950s and 1960s, a series of thinkers, beginning with Jacques Ellul and Marshall McLuhan, began to describe the anatomy of our technological society. Then, starting in the 1970s, a generation emerged who articulated a detailed critique of that society. The critique produced by these figures I refer to in the singular because it shares core features, if not a common vocabulary. What Ivan Illich, Ursula Franklin, Albert Borgmann, and a few others have said about technology is powerful, in...