This Open access book is a collection of interviews published by China News Service a
Beijing-based news agency in its West-East Talk column. It has been divided into five
sections: Mutual Learning Among Civilizations Hot Issues About China Sino-U.S. Relations and
Cultural Collision. The interviews are with more than 50 eminent scholars scientists
politicians authors etc. from different parts of the world as well as China who have an
association with China and see the real China beyond the stereotypes. Besides current global
issues the book also covers Chinese culture history as well as China-U.S. relations
described as one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world today. The book
aims to build a platform for dialogue among different civilizations and appreciate the harmony
within diversity of different cultures especially of the East and West. We hope it will foster
tolerance and rationality dispelling the misconceptions about China in particular.
