The five Central Asian countries, as newly independent states after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, have been burdened with the threefold strategic mission of nation-building, state-building, and region-building.

Affected by the epidemic, the economies of Latin American countries have seen increasing downward pressure, and the economic and social development of Latin America has taken a severe hit.

Since the global financial crisis in 2008, Europe has faced various challenges, which have severely tested the integration process.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Macron administration has taken a series of countermeasures, including closing schools, stopping all non-essential commercial activities, strictly limiting overseas exchanges, and imposing stay-at-home orders.

At the beginning of the global spread of COVID-19, Japan was regarded as having excellent epidemic prevention and control. However, with the increasing number of confirmed infections in Japan,

Ambassador Shi Mingde first briefly reviewed the global impact of COVID-19. He argued that the pandemic constituted the greatest crisis the world has ever faced since the Second World War.

The Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) organized a New Buds Salon entitled “Rebalancing Southeast Asian History among Communities, Nations and Beyond” on December 10, 2019

The 2019 China–UK Humanities Alliance Annual Forum, organized by the China–UK Association for the Humanities in Higher Education and hosted by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), was held at PKU onDecember 13 and 14.

The year 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mongolia, the 25th anniversary of the revision of the China–Mongolia Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation

The Institute of Area Studies, Peking University held its 11th New Buds Salon, on the theme of "Christianity, Conversion and Overseas Chinese: Historical Moments in Religious Interaction," on November 25.