Before this column, the two sides have successful held two reports of "Nanfang Interpreting-Dialogue"-- On December 23, 2010, professor D. Ibsen, German regional and urban sociologist, professor Yu Kongjian, director of College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of Peking University, professor Li Yongning, director of Center for Urbanization and the International Cities Studies of Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies made indepth exploration on urban development of Guangzhou after the Asian Games, Beijing after the Olympic Games, and Shanghai after the World Expo. On January 21, 2011, American scholar Fulbright, professor Dennis Johnson from George Washington University and Tang Xiaosong, director of Center for American Studies of GRIIS accepted an interview of "Nanfang Daily", and were invited to the discussion on "Diplomatic Talks of Hu and Obama", the joint statement and the changes that they bring to the bilateral relations in the "Nanfang Reading-the World" column on that day.
