All civilizations have certain characteristics, ranging from large population centers, monumental architecture and unique art styles to shared communication strategies, systems for administering territories, the division of people into social and economic classes, and even a common belief in a supernatural or higher being.
“Civilizations are beautiful in their own ways and we can learn from each other on an equal basis,” Duan Peng, President of Beijing Language and Culture University, told Beijing Review at the Third Dialogue on Exchanges and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations and the First World Conference of Sinologists in Beijing on July 3-4.
Following one online edition amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s dialogue took place on
