/ world as we speak information/ On September 13 and 14, the worldwide convention “Europe – China. Dialogue within the identify of progress. 10 years of the initiative “One Belt, One Highway” was held within the Capital Lodge “Marinella”.
The discussion board was opened by prof. Mr. Dong Xiaojun. The latter acknowledged that though the initiative “One Belt, One Highway” originates from China, it belongs to the entire world”.
Various Bulgarian and international politicians, scientists, intellectuals, public figures and buddies of China honored the occasion. Experiences have been made by Artwork. cor. from BAS, Prof. Ph.D. Vasil Prodanov, Prof. Dr. Iskra Baeva, Prof. Dr. Boyan Chukov and others. Members of the BSP, in addition to the candidate for mayor of the capital – Vanya Grigorova, additionally made speeches.
Many individuals attended each the primary and second day. However what number of of them truly reached the vital messages? It would most likely be essential to carry such boards continuously till we notice what alternatives we’ve and the place we actually stand in the mean time.
The main matter of the convention was the place of our nation within the initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping a decade in the past, in addition to strengthening Bulgarian-Chinese language relations in all spheres, together with financial, cultural, instructional, and so on.
China is Bulgaria’s sixth buying and selling companion by way of commerce, however regardless of this, there isn’t a funding or tourism. It seems that for the final ten years, cash from Chinese language investments has entered our nation, as a lot as the worth of an condo within the heart of Sofia. If 1000’s of vacationers got here earlier than the pandemic, as we speak there are solely tons of.
“Bulgaria could be a strong bridge between China and the EU”, “To be able to have industrial relations we should first know one another, due to this fact we’ll work for the event of Bulgarian-Chinese language relations”, have been among the many most memorable appeals from the rostrum.
Such boards can solely be of mutual profit as a result of they’re normally attended by erudite folks, typically with completely different views, however the sharing of their factors of view contributes to discovering some answer.
For instance, everybody agreed that whereas dividing the world into completely different spheres of affect is actually not the best choice for dividing up pure wealth, a unipolar mannequin is by no means. And in precept, economics ought to affect politics, and in current occasions we’ve witnessed the precise reverse – politics impacts the economic system, and this seems to be detrimental.
This brings us to the query – how far ought to political correctness go? And extra importantly, do the advantages or hurt outweigh it?
The issue in Bulgaria is that the rulers and the opposition are too depending on the opinion of Brussels and Washington, though each Brussels and Washington take care of their private pursuits. And so they observe the precept “Take heed to what I say, do not have a look at what I do!” Native politicians resolve to show a blind eye to the truth that the Belt and Highway initiative has managed to raise almost 40 million folks out of poverty since its inception, earlier than ten years, to date.
They overlook that China has all the time supported equality between completely different international locations, whether or not huge or small, and that it doesn’t condone pressured purchases or gross sales. One thing that would by no means be stated of the West. “We have to be assured sooner or later, stroll hand in hand,” urge our Chinese language buddies. However is that this doable? Bulgaria may very well be a strong bridge between Beijing and the European Union so long as it needs to. The dangerous factor is that the rulers appear to be afraid to take a firmer place and provides our nation the place it deserves. Due to the thought “What is going to the EU say?”, will they approve such a transfer? And China has reached out. In reality and traditionally, the Celestial Empire has all the time been open to the remainder of the world. Reserves and boundaries have all the time come from the “different aspect” – a fact that even the biggest Euro-Atlantic doesn’t deny. However are we conscious sufficient to take this hand? The Chinese language are doing their finest to point out us that they’re well-intentioned and critical… and us? What are we?
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