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His Excellency Hu Jintao
President of the People’s Republic of China

Zhongnanhai, Xichengqu,

Beijing

People’s Republic of China

OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

January 15, 2010

Your Excellency,

 The European Association for Chinese Studies represents more than 800 scholars from 36 countries, mostly in Europe, who dedicate their efforts to the understanding and promotion of China, its ancient culture, as well as its recent spectacular transformation and rise on the global scene. As sinologists we are particularly happy about the contacts we have established with scholars and scholarly institutions in China since the beginning of the policy of reform and opening up. Cooperation and academic exchange between specialists in Europe and China brings out new results in our work and also helps the promotion of Chinese culture in Europe in general.

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