China–Croatia Relations
China and Croatia established diplomatic relations on May 13, 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Beijing and a general consulate in Hong Kong. China has an embassy and a Confucius Institute in Zagreb. History Croatian President Stjepan Mesić made a state visit to China on May 16, 2002, while Chinese president Hu Jintao made a state visit to Croatia on June 19, 2009. In 2005, the two countries agreed to a comprehensive and cooperative partnership. On May 21, 2007, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović visited Beijing. Economic relations The People's Republic of China is with Japan the most important Croatian trading partner in East Asia. The volume of trade between the two countries in 2013 was US$1.495 billion with Croatian exports taking US$105 million, and Chinese US$1.390 billion. Culture and education Educational and cultural cooperation between the two countries is being maintained under the Agreement on cultural cooperation that was concluded in March 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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East Asia
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Japan, Japan, Economy of South Korea, South Korea, and Economy of Taiwan, Taiwan are among the world's largest and most prosperous. East Asia borders North Asia to the north, Southeast Asia to the south, South Asia to the southwest, and Central Asia to the west. To its east is the Pacific Ocean. East Asia, especially History of China, Chinese civilization, is regarded as one of the earliest Cradle of civilization#China, cradles of civilization. Other ancient civilizations in East Asia that still exist as independent countries in the present day include the History of Japan, Japanese, History of Korea, Korean, and History of Mongolia, Mongolian civilizations. Various other civilizations existed as independent polities in East Asia in the past ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China–Croatia Relations
China and Croatia established diplomatic relations on May 13, 1992. Croatia has an embassy in Beijing and a general consulate in Hong Kong. China has an embassy and a Confucius Institute in Zagreb. History Croatian President Stjepan Mesić made a state visit to China on May 16, 2002, while Chinese president Hu Jintao made a state visit to Croatia on June 19, 2009. In 2005, the two countries agreed to a comprehensive and cooperative partnership. On May 21, 2007, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović visited Beijing. Economic relations The People's Republic of China is with Japan the most important Croatian trading partner in East Asia. The volume of trade between the two countries in 2013 was US$1.495 billion with Croatian exports taking US$105 million, and Chinese US$1.390 billion. Culture and education Educational and cultural cooperation between the two countries is being maintained under the Agreement on cultural cooperation that was concluded in March 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China–Serbia Relations
China and Serbia maintain diplomatic relations established between People's Republic of China and SFR Yugoslavia in 1955. From 1956 to 2006, China China–Yugoslavia relations, maintained relations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (later Serbia and Montenegro), of which Serbia is considered Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, shared (SFRY) or sole (FRY) legal succession of states, successor. In recent decades, the two countries have held a very close relationship raising it to the level of strategic partnership since 2009. History China supported the Serbia (then part of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) during the Kosovo War and opposed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO airstrikes against targets in Serbia and Montenegro.Warren I. Cohen. ''America's response to China: a history of Sino-American relations''. 5th edition. New York, New York, USA; West Su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China–Yugoslavia Relations
China–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between China and now split-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. For a long period during the Cold War China was critical towards perceived excessive liberalism, too close cooperation with Western Bloc or market socialism of Yugoslavia, therefore the Chinese communists accused the Yugoslav communists of being revisionists, while the Yugoslav communists accused the Chinese communists of being dogmatics. But, the good relations between both socialist states were restored at the end of the 1960s, and improved even more since the Sino-Albanian rupture occurred (the good relations that existed between China and Albania were frozen since 1972 and were definitively canceled in 1978, the cause of said rupture was that the Chinese communists began to be considered as revisionists by the Albanian communists), with the trend of improved relations continuing in relations with successor states, particularly Serbia. In th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China–European Union Relations
China–European Union relations are the bilateral relations between the European Union (EU) and the People's Republic of China (PRC or China), established in 1975 between China and the European Community, which later became the EU. The EU is China's largest trading partner,EU replaces U.S. as biggest trading partner of China(09/15/06) china-embassy.org and China is List of the largest trading partners of the European Union, the EU's largest trade partner. Since March 2019, the European Union has referred to China as "a cooperation partner…, a negotiating partner…, an economic competitor…, and a systemic rival". The EU has put an arms embargo and numerous Dumping (pricing policy), anti-dumping measures against the PRC in place. The EU has become increasingl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foreign Relations Of Croatia
The foreign relations of Croatia are primarily formulated and executed via Government of Croatia, its government which guides the state's interactions with other nations, their citizens, and foreign organizations. Active in global affairs since the 9th century, modern Croatian diplomacy is considered to have formed following their Independence of Croatia, independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. As an independent state, Croatia established diplomatic relations with most world nations – List of diplomatic relations of Croatia, 189 states in total – during the 1990s, starting Croatia–Germany relations, with Germany (1991) and ending most recently Foreign relations of Liberia, with Liberia (2024). Croatia has friendly relations with most of its neighboring countries, namely Croatia–Slovenia relations, Slovenia, Croatia–Hungary relations, Hungary, and Croatia–Montenegro relations, Montenegro. They maintain colder, more tense relations with Croatia–Serbia relations, Serbia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foreign Relations Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), has full diplomatic relations with 180 out of the other 192 United Nations member states, Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. , China has had the most diplomatic missions of any state. China officially claims it "unswervingly pursues an independent foreign policy of peace". The fundamental goals of this policy are to preserve China's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, create a favorable international environment for China's reform and opening up and modernization of construction, and to maintain world peace and propel common development." An example of a foreign policy decision guided by "sovereignty and territorial integrity" is not engaging in diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan), which the PRC does not recognise as a separate nation. China is a member of many international organizations, holding key positions such as a permanent membershi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; ) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction. The International Business School of Beijing Foreign Studies University is accredited from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. BFSU alumni are well known in Chinese diplomacy circles such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of State Security. History BFSU was affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its establishment in 1941 to the early 1980s. BFSU has more than 3,000 international students from all over the world, more than 100 countries. More than 70 years, over 90,000 people have graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University. Rankings and reputation BFSU is a research university specializing in foreign language studies. It is considered one of the most prestigious in its field in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sinology
Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilization primarily through Chinese language, History of China, history, Chinese culture, culture, Chinese literature, literature, Chinese philosophy, philosophy, Chinese art, art, Music of China, music, Cinema of China, cinema, and Science and technology in China, science. Its origin "may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization." The academic field of sinology often refers to Western scholarship. Until the 20th century, it was historically seen as equivalent to philology concerning the Chinese classics and other Chinese literature, literature written in the Chinese language. Since then, the scope of sinology has expanded to include Chinese history and Ancient Chinese literature, palaeography, among other su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the University North are the only public universities operating in Northern Croatia, Northern and Central Croatia. The history of the University began on September 23, 1669, when the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I issued a decree granting the establishment of the ''Jesuit Academy of the Royal Free City of Zagreb''. The decree was accepted at the Council of the Croatian Kingdom on November 3, 1671. The Academy was run by the Jesuits for more than a century until the order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. In 1776, Empress Maria Theresa issued a decree founding the ''Royal Academy of Science'' which succeeded the previous Jesuit Academy. Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer proposed the founding of a University to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |