Five new books on China published in Moscow

Five new research works and translations by senior Sinologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies debuted in Moscow on Friday.

These books are the Chinese classic text Tao Te Ching, research on China's late leader Deng Xiaoping, Confucius and Confucianism, the ancient Chinese philosopher of Neo-Confucianism Zhou Dunyi, as well as Ba Gua, or the eight trigrams related to Taiji philosophy that represent the fundamental principles of reality.

Mikhail Titarenko, president of the Russia-China Friendship Association, said at the debut ceremony that thanks to painstaking efforts of Russian Sinologists, these new books were of special significance to enhancing mutual understanding and traditional friendship between Russian and Chinese peoples.

Li Huilai, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Russia, said he hoped scholars from both countries would continue publishing new research and making contributions to language and cultural exchanges between China and Russia.

Source: Xinhua