On the afternoon of July 24, foreign guests from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit visited Henan Museum, where they viewed rare treasures accumulated over thousands of years of Chinese civilization and felt the flow and inheritance of Chinese culture. Robinder Nath Sachdev, Chairman of Think Tank and Research Center in New Delhi, India, stated that this was his first visit to China, and the deepest impression he had was China's emphasis on culture and the mixing of culture with technology and modernization.

Culture is the Foundation of International Exchanges.

The other day, the holding of SCO Media and Think Tank Summit in Zhengzhou gave Robinder the opportunity to visit China for the first time. In just a few days, the infrastructure and technological development of Zhengzhou left a deep impression on him. "But the deepest impression I have is the emphasis on culture and the mixing of culture with technology with modernization."

Robinder said that he has visited many museums. "All the museums that we see are so much of course about the past, but Henan Museum has been using the modern technology. So that's a very unique and a very impressive feature, that I don't find anywhere particularly given your ancient long civilization."

Robinder teaches international communication in the United States. When asked by the reporter about "what role do you think culture plays in international communication?", he said that culture is the foundation of all relations, and culture is mind.

"Everything we experience in the process of growing up, including what our parents and society tell us is right and wrong, the books we read, the friends we make, the schools we have been to, all these affect the formation of our minds, which then become our culture," Robinder told reporters. "Against this background, in international relations when it's individuals dealing with each other or nations, right, it is the programming of the mind which is engaging with each other."

Robinder said that at present, not many people in India know about China, and it would be meaningful if more Chinese people could come to India. If Chinese friends want to travel to India, they should be envoys of China. "Tell the Indians about China, let them understand China and its culture better. Just like the international relations we discuss, if there are more exchanges between people, I believe this will make the world more beautiful and more peaceful." (Chinese source/Dingduan News Translator/Hong Jianyuan)

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