Bulgaria, “Belt and Road” Initiative and the Role of the Confucius Institutes
Bulgaria, “Belt and Road” Initiative and the Role of the Confucius Institutes

Summary/Abstract: “Far away”, “exotic”, “mysterious” and “unintelligible” – epithets like these come to mind to most Europeans, when it comes to China. If we talk about distance, the great Chinese country is actually far away either from Europe or from America, but this is also true for many other regions, which, however, do not seem as mysterious and unknown. Defined as a bridge between civilizations, cultures, religions and traditions, the ancient Silk Road with a total length of 12,800 km created conditions for trade, communication and intercultural exchange of knowledge, information and human experience. With its functioning since the 2nd century BC during the Han Dynasty, it became a bridge between Chinese and Western civilizations, an “information highway” of the ancient world and through trade people around the world communicated and understood about the development and existence of each other.“ This paper analyses the “Belt and Road” initiative and the role of the Confucius Institutes in the Bulgarian context.

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