From June 10 to 30, 2025, Sandew Hira visited China. He travelled to four cities: Beijing, Xi’an, Nanjing and Shanghai. In Beijing he was invited by the Beijing Club for International Dialogue for a seminar. They organize a series of seminars “Insight from Insiders”. It is one of their flagship activities, inviting renowned experts and scholars from China and abroad to conduct in-depth discussions on major topics such as international relations, China and the world economy, global governance and sustainable development. The 36th seminar was titled “Knowledge Production and Civilizational Dialogue: Building a New Type of World Civilization”. Hira was invited as the keynote speaker.
His essay recounts his travel experiences and the discussions in the seminar. You can download the essay here: https://www.sandewhira.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Sandew-Hira-My-journey-China.pdf.