China – India Forum 2009China

Cross Cultural Dialogue for Peace, Friendship and Sustainable

Development in the 21st Century

The PARTNERS -

• Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, Bangalore, India

• Center for Cross-Cultural Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China

Between 14 and 20 August, 2009, more than 100 participants from around the world – students, scholars and professors went to China to participate in the Asian Forum of Cross Culture Dialogue 2009 conducted by the China-India Forum 2009

Opening CeremonyChair: Zhao Baisheng

PEKING UNIVERSITY

Working group sessionand Lectures on - •Eco Poetry – The connection, Experience and Dream of Nature•Africa – The Silent/Silenced Voice of Ecocriticism Discourse?•Hybrid Eco-Literature – The Best Tool of Sustainable Development•Spatiality and Environmental Theater – From Richard Schechner to Rimini Protokoll•On the traits of Green Literature

Contd…

•Environmental Challenges and NGO’s Roles for Environmetal Protection in China•Thoughts on the Ecology of Lop Nor•Keep the Mind Awake – On the Theme of Criticizing “Development”

of Ecocriticism•Ecocritical Encounters

with Postmodernism:

New Directions

Visit to the Great WallAmong other places of Interest

Wetland Museum – Wild Duck Lake

Taiji Lessons

Typical Chinese Meal

Visit to places of Historical and Cultural Interest

Eco- Night

Cultural performances –INDIA

Cultural performances –CHINA

We look forward to more programs with our Chinese brethren.