International Sinology conference explores cultural frontiers

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Scholars worldwide specialising in Chinese language and culture studies are set to gather in Malaysia for the International Conference on Sinology scheduled for Oct 28 and 29.   The conference, organised by the Chinese Studies Department at Universiti Malaya (UM), is dedicated to exploring the future of Chinese language and culture studies.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 (speaking in foreign language)

00:04 - The purpose of having this press conference

00:07 is to announce our 60th anniversary celebration

00:12 of the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Malaya.

00:19 60 years in Chinese culture, we call it (speaking in foreign

00:22 language)

00:23 It's a full cycle that is of very great significance

00:28 in our culture.

00:31 The department was established in 1963 to 2023.

00:36 So we have come a long way of 60 years.

00:41 In Chinese culture, meaning we have completed

00:44 one full cycle.

00:46 So this is something we usually celebrate.

00:50 And with the changing environment, regionally or globally,

00:56 I think it's high time for us to also to look into

01:01 the future development of Chinese studies.

01:04 With that in mind, a very important program for us

01:09 to celebrate the 60th anniversary is

01:15 an international conference of Chinese studies

01:19 will be organized on the 28th of October.

01:25 So we are inviting renowned scholars from all the continents

01:30 from USA, from Europe, from China, from Taiwan,

01:37 from Korea, from Japan, from Hong Kong, from Singapore.

01:43 So we get them together to put all their minds together

01:48 to give us some thought, some opinions,

01:52 what we should do in the future.

01:55 Should we restructure, should we introduce more courses

02:00 and new methods of research?

02:04 So hopefully you will help us to, as a very good reference

02:09 for us to plan our future programs.

02:14 In the coming international conference,

02:17 we have a very prominent scholar from Taiwan

02:21 who is going to talk about IT and research

02:26 into Chinese studies.

02:28 How to use the cloud, how to use big data,

02:32 incorporate all this into Chinese studies.

02:36 So all this advancement in technology will not retard

02:41 or will not play as an obstacle to the advancement

02:48 of Chinese studies, but they will instigate.

02:52 If you apply all this latest technology

02:55 into Chinese studies, yeah,

02:57 you will help us to advance even further.

03:01 - Or any other pose you want, let us know.

03:07 (audience laughing)

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