01 Editor’s note
Cover Story
06 Promotion of the “Belt and Road” Initiative
is highly dependent on language
1 0 Confucius Institute creates bridges from one
heart to another
Data
14 Statistics of Confucius Institutes along the
“Belt and Road” region
16 Extreme Facts about Confucius Institutes
along the “Belt and Road” region
Story
CONTENTS
18 Where there’s a will, there’s a way
22 Learn Chinese, and you’ll have
friends throughout the world
26 Sport brought me into a network of
friends in China
30 The Kunming-Bangkok Expressway
and its importance in my life
34 Rejuvenated Silk Road,
lasting friendship
38 Different countries, same dream
Character
42 China is my second hometown:A
story of Prof. Peteris Pildegovics,
a pioneer of Chinese teaching in
Latvia
48 Professor M.Chimedtseye:The
erudite Master behind ChinaMongolia
cultural exchanges
54 Cultural exchanges promote
long-lasting China-Cambodia
friendsh ip:Chea Munyrith,
Director of Confucius
Institute at Royal Academy of
Cambodia, Cambodia
60 An unforgettable teacher:
Memories of Ms.
Impressions
66 Selections from volunteer photo works
Discovering China
74 China Railway High-speed
Interview
Liu Xiangshu
80 Telling stories about China through paintings
– An interview with Professor Plamenlegkostup, former Rector of the
St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
Chinese Class
88 Quiz for the “Belt and Road” Initiative