Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Meeting with representatives of Chinese youth
Excerpts from the transcript:
Dmitry Medvedev: The Russian language is not only one of the most interesting and beautiful ones, in my opinion, but it is also a common language of people of different ethnicities, for it is spoken in many countries, by many people. Russian is one of the official languages of the United Nations. Thus, those of you who are studying Russian will not regret it; it will most probably come in handy.
Russia is a fascinating country. Learning Russian will introduce you to the treasures of Russian culture, which it is quite engaging and rich, represented by, our prominent Russian writers, such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and others. By Russian films and Russian music.
Q&A:
Dmitry Medvedev: The situation in China and Russia has been changing in recent years, at least in terms of mutual interest. We have entered a new level of communication. Everything is now different than it was some time ago, for example. We had a period when we closely cooperated, then there was a cooling off period and now we are witnessing a very energetic period again.
We don’t have such advanced humanitarian contacts with any other country except the Chinese People’s Republic. Since 2006, every year has been devoted to a particular theme. We’ve never done this with any other country.
The years of 2006 and then 2007 were declared the years of Russia in China and China in Russia. They were followed by themed years: the year of the Russian language, the Chinese language, youth exchanges. And we are continuing this practice.
I have a series of social media accounts in various networks, both Russian and foreign, but not in any Chinese networks yet. I’ll think about it. It could be interesting, considering the vast size of the Chinese online auditorium.
