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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Beijing Forum 2007: Agreement Signed<br />

for Exchange Programs between La<br />

Trobe <strong>University</strong> and <strong>PKU</strong><br />

By Wang Yi<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--11--04<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=194115213<br />

The Great Hall <strong>of</strong> the People, Beijing, Nov. 2, 2007: On the first day <strong>of</strong> Beijing Forum<br />

2007, President Xu Zhihong <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> and President Paul Johnson <strong>of</strong> La<br />

Trobe <strong>University</strong> signed an agreement for student exchanges, a further step in their<br />

expanding cooperation and educational exchanges since the founding <strong>of</strong> the joint<br />

Center for China Studies at La Trobe <strong>University</strong>.<br />

President Xu thought highly <strong>of</strong> the past cooperation efforts made between La Trobe<br />

<strong>University</strong> and <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>. He reckoned that the Center for China Studies<br />

provides unique opportunities for scholars from all three universities to work together<br />

to build new research links, to develop exchange programs, and to foster deeper and<br />

broader understanding <strong>of</strong> Chinese language and culture in Australia.<br />

President Johnson expressed his wish to develop more opportunities for Australian<br />

students to become global citizens through education. ―I‘m very keen that we should<br />

be able to promote the joint Center for China Studies, but we should get to<br />

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