摘要
There are diferences among civilizations,but also a lot of parallels.“And it's heartening that we are discovering more of these similarities,”said Herman Van Rompuy,former Prime Minister of Belgium and former President of the European Council,in a recent interview with Bejing Review reporter Ma Miaomiao in Guilin,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Edited excerpts of his remarks follow:Wealwaysspeakabout East and West as if we havetotallydifferent cultures,which is not the case.What is different is the general approach,but the values are the same-the values of togetherness,charity,compassion and humanness.
