Continued positive communication between the peoples of the world is, perhaps, the best assurance that peace amongst nations will be maintained. The people of China and the United States are separated by 12,000 miles of ocean and land and several millennia of separate cultural development. However, in the last few decades, bridges have been created by the steady and resourceful publication of Beijing Review.

As a faithful reader of BR for the past 10 years, I have respectfully appreciated the honesty, breadth and changing approaches that the magazine has displayed. Many expect that an official publication will routinely parrot governmental announcements. It has been refreshing to read the vast variety of factual materials which continue to help foreign readers understand how China views itself, how it relates to foreign nations and how it involves foreign industry and peoples in its own development. I have always enjoyed the feature articles describing music, art, athletics, nutrition, tourism, medicine, consumerism, food, etc. They all contribute to a broad understanding of how China heads for the 21st century.

I congratulate the entire staff for the contribution they are making to peace, understanding and genuine friendship between our two nations. Continue your excellent work and let us all look forward to many years of peace and friendship.

Louis P. Schwartz

Baladwin, New York

On behalf of Vanguard and those associated with our paper, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you continued success and congratulate everyone at Beijing Review on all your achievements in the past years.

Throughout the years Beijing Review has contributed greatly to the development of friendship and understanding between our two nations. This is an asset to be cherished and continually nurtured. You can be sure that we will continue to make every effort to ensure that this relationship is preserved and strengthened.

Please convey our greetings and best wishes to all. May the celebrations for the Spring Festival and Beijing Review's founding date be a great event!

Marcus Clayton &Duncan Clarke

on behalf of Vanguard, Australia

Beijing Review has indeed made great strides and I would like to congratulate you as well as all your colleagues on its 30th anniversary. I am sure that your magazine as well as its sister magazines will continue to have great successes. I have noted with interest that Beijing Review published a North American edition last October and that you have just launched a French monthly for African readers entitled Chinafrique. I would be grateful if you could send me a copy of this magazine.

Humayun Gauhar,

publisher and president of South

London, England

March 5 will be the 30th anniversary of Beijing Review, which is a prestigious and interesting magazine.

Nobody doubts your magazine's seriousness, depth and objectivity. Now you have expanded with a North American edition and the French monthly Chinafrique.

Without doubt, Chinese thinking and economic reform exert a stronger influence by the day, especially in the Soviet Union, which also began important reforms, and in hundreds of other third world countries such as ours. Beijing Review is an authoritative tool spreading the experience of reform to the whole world.

Manuel Delgado Bedoya

Lima, Peru

I send my warm congratulations to Beijing Review on its 30th anniversary. I give my respects to all your staff for their hard work.

Firm friendship comes from understanding and trust. Good relations between nations are built on the peoples of different nations understanding and trusting each other.

Beijing Review has always taken strengthening mutual understanding and friendship as its aim. With its comprehensive, timely and accurate reports on China's politics, economy, culture and education, as well as the policies Party and government the magazine plays the role of a bridge of friendship.

I take this opportunity of Beijing Review's 30th anniversary to hope that your great cause of friendship will grow quickly and flourish.

Toship Sato

Yamagata, Japan

("Greetings from Our Readers" appear on page 15, VOL.31 NO.10 MARCH 13, 1988)