Dr. John Galtung visits China
At the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament(CPAPD), Dr. John Galtung, the first and former director of Norwegian Peace Institute and the founder of peace research，who was accompanied by his wife, Mme. Galtung, visited China in September 2010. During their visit, they met with CPAPD Vice President Mr. Liu Jingqin, Human Rights experts from the Chinese Society on Human Rights, international relations experts from the Chinese Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, and the Research Institute of International Strategic Studies of the Party Central School, CPC and visited China’s new type of rural villages under construction such as Hancunhe village in Beijing suburb and a Beijing Zhicheng legal aid center, etc. The couple shared meaningful discussions with the Chinese side on wide-raging issues of common interest.
