This year marks the 35th anniversary of the
normalization of relations between China and Japan, and has also been set aside
as a year for bilateral cultural and sports exchanges.
Currently, over twenty thousand Japanese students live and study in China, at
all the major Chinese universities. What influence does communication in an
educational setting have on Sino-Japanese relationships? What can Chinese and
Japanese youth do for the relationship between their two countries?
Yoshikazu Kato is a Japanese student in China. Majoring in international
relations at Peking University, he has been in the country since he was eighteen
years old. He serves as president of the Association of Japanese in Peking
University, which promotes mutual understanding and friendship between young men
from both countries.
Yoshikazu Kato,President of
Assoication of Japanese in Peking University, often communicate and exchange
with his Chinese classmates.
When asked his reasons for choosing China and Peking
University, he said, in fluent Chinese, how he was attracted by Chinese culture.
"It was a mysterious feeling that raised my interest in
China and gave me the impulse to move here. The school spirit of PKU, freedom,
democracy, individuality and being active all attracted me."
