" SOFIA Will Dissly Seahawks Jersey , Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The club of ""Friends of the Great Wall of China"", aimed at presentation of reliable information about China and the promotion of Sino-Bulgarian relations, was established here on Friday evening.
Evelina Hein from the Section of China Studies at Sofia University ""St. Kliment Ohridsky"", who headed the club organized by Confucius Institute in the Bulgarian capital, said at the founding ceremony that the participants would discuss various aspects of the Great Wall and learn a lot about China as well.
Prof. Ge Zhiqiang, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute in Sofia Rasheem Green Seahawks Jersey , said the big number of people who attended this event, showed that the relationships between China and Bulgaria had a bright future.
The Confucius Institute in the future would continue to organize such events that contributed to the development of bilateral ties, Ge said at the ceremony attended by Jia Li, Deputy Head of the Chinese Mission in Bulgaria, Angel Orbetsov, head of Asia Nick Vannett Jersey , Australia and Oceania Directorate at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Fedotov, Director of the Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures at Sofia University ""St. Kliment Ohridski"", and former Vice President Angel Marin.
The award ceremony of the essay and drawing contests ""Chinese Wall - yesterday, today and tomorrow"" where 23 and 150 children participated respectively, was also held during the event.
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The White House on Friday dashed hopes of a breakthrough on U.S.-Japan trade when President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Washington next week C. J. Prosise Jersey , further delaying a major 12-nation Pacific trade pact.
"We're not there yet," said Caroline Atkinson, Obama's deputy national security adviser.
A deal between Japan and the United States is vital to clinching a Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, as their economies account for 80 percent of the group. Obama also sees the TPP, which would cover a third of world trade, as an important counterweight to China's growing clout in the region.
Atkinson said substantial progress had been made in intense Tyler Lockett Jersey , high-level negotiations in Tokyo this week but more work was needed, especially on the thorny issues of autos and agriculture.
"We expect the leaders ... to have the opportunity to discuss what should be the next steps together. But we do not expect any announcement of a final deal," she told reporters in a conference call previewing Tuesday's White House summit.
At the same time, White House officials welcomed momentum on Capitol Hill for legislation to speed such trade deals through Congress, despite resistance from some of Obama's fellow Democrats who worry that trade accords hurt U.S. jobs.
So-called "fast track" authority to speed such trade deals through the U.S. Congress is the other missing link for the TPP. Although legislation cleared congressional panels this week, it is not expected to come for a full vote until early May.
Trade ministers from the 12 countries in the proposed pact are due to meet in late May.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said at a conference that negotiators were working to resolve sticking points so that the handful of remaining issues needing political decisions could be "teed up" for ministers.
U.S. officials also offered brighter prospects for announcements planned on Monday by the two countries' defense and foreign ministers unveiling of the first update of U.S.-Japan defense cooperation guidelines since 1997.
Evan Medeiros Alex McGough Jersey , Obama's top Asia adviser, said the revised rules would "significantly expand" Japan's role in the alliance between Washington and Tokyo and provide the "mechanism for Japan to provide a wider range of support to U.S. forces."Constrained by its pacifist constitution, Japan has for decades been criticized in the United States for free-riding on U.S. military spending.
But Abe plans to send the message that Japan is ready to shoulder more of the burden. His Cabinet last July adopted a resolution reinterpreting the constitution to allow Japan's armed forces to provide military aid to the United States and other friendly countries under attack.
Abe is also looking for fresh U.S. assurances that the United States will come to Japan's defense in any clash with China, such as over disputed islets in the East China Sea.
When Abe becomes the first Japanese leader to address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, his words will be closely scrutinized for what, if anything Michael Dickson Jersey , he says about Japan's wartime past, still a sensitive issue for Asian neighbors nearly 70 years after the end of World War Two.
White House officials responded cautiously to reporters' questions on whether the administration had made any suggestions on how Abe should handle the matter during his U.S. visit.
Senior Obama aide Ben Rhodes said the administration has in the past encouraged Abe "to constructively address historical issues, consistent with Japan's past statements on these issues" to foster cooperation and avoid tensions in the region.
Abe's speech coincides with pressure from critics to erase concerns that he wants to whitewash Japan's wartime past. A Japanese official said that during his visit Abe would reaffirm Tokyo's commitment to peace and to past government expressions of remorse and apology over the war.
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