October 22, 2007
Dalian, China, Hosts "Daisaku Ikeda and China" Exhibition
From September 18-20, 2007, the "Daisaku Ikeda and China" exhibition opened at the Dalian Arts and Exhibition Hall in Dalian, a northeastern seaport city in Liaoning Province, China. The event commemorated the 35th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japan relations as well as the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.
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The exhibition, organized by Liaoning Normal University's Daisaku Ikeda Peace and Culture Research Institute and sponsored by the Dalian Association for Science and Technology, comprised two sections: 1) the achievements and ideals of Soka Gakkai first President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and second President Josei Toda, as well as Mr. Ikeda's activities for peace; 2) the recent history and events that surround the relationship between Japan and China, including Mr. Ikeda's 1968 proposal calling for the normalization of Sino-Japanese bilateral relations. The exhibition was subsequently shown at Liaoning Normal University (September 21 to 30) and Dalian University (October 12 to 22).
[Adapted from an article in the October 25, 2007, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan]
