By Li Fangfang & Tao Zihui · 2020-12-30 · Source: Web Exclusive A girl hands out masks to local children at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo, Japan on February 29. Volunteer campaign Mask Panda Action was initiated by overseas Chinese after the epidemic outbreak in Japan to express their gratitude for Japanese people due to the latter's support earlier. (XINHUA) How should China communicate with the world and how should the world communicate with the Chinese, as in the core of Chinese cultural characteristics, when there is a backlash of any sort? "It honestly comes with a simple answer," said David Bartosch, a German professor of international relations, at a panel discussion in Beijing on December 24. He attributed the key to the answer to the manner of "sharing."