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<h1 class="entry-title">Morocco’s Fathallah Oualalou Wins Chinese Book Award for ‘China and Us’</h1>
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<div class="gmail-td-post-author-name"><div class="gmail-td-author-by">By</div> <a href="https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/author/mwn/">Morocco World News</a><div class="gmail-td-author-line"> - </div> </div> <span class="gmail-td-post-date gmail-td-post-date-no-dot">August 24, 2018</span> </div>
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</div><p>Rabat<em><strong> – Morocco’s <a href="https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/05/130793/morocco-china-sign-partnership-cooperation-in-tourism-culture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fathallah Oualalou</a> has won the “Special Book of China Award” for his book “China and Us: A Response to the Second Passage.”</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Oualalou, the former minister of
economy and finance, along with 14 other foreign authors, publishers,
and translators won the award during a ceremony at the <a href="https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/08/252525/morocco-is-1st-african-guest-of-honor-at-beijing-international-book-fair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25th annual Beijing International Book Fair</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The award recognized the 15 authors
for covering Chinese culture in their works. Oualalou was the only
African to receive the award.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">Oualalou’s book, which was published
in the French language by the Arab Culture Center in Casablanca,
discussed how China has positioned itself as a powerful country,
succeeding in just a third of a century to rise from a developing
country to an emerging economy to a global economic power.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The minister emphasized in his book
that China’s success was caused by multiple factors, including its
attachment to territorial integrity, culture, and history, reported
Maghreb Arab Press (MAP).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Other authors who won the award
were Marianne Bastid-Bruguière (France), Arakawa Kiyohide (Japan), and
Kulteva Umut Baimuratovna (Kazakhstan).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">In the category of publishers, Bujar Hudhri (Albania), Andrzej Kacperski (Poland), and Zimarin Oleg (Russia) also won the prize.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">In the category of translators, the
award was given to Kalmar Eva (Hungary), Stburova Jelena (Latvia),
Sundar Nath Bhattarai (Nepal), Balan Luminita (Romania), and Murtaza
Karshiboev (Uzbekistan).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The 25th annual Beijing International Book Fair opened on Wednesday and will continue until August 26.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">This year also marks Morocco’s participation as the first African guest of honor with 1,000 copies of books</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The Moroccan exhibit also features musical performances to showcase Morocco’s cultural heritage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Morocco’s agenda at the book fair
includes academic seminars and conferences, including a symposium on
translation and language policy under the theme “The Road to
Translation.”</span><span style="font-weight:400"><br></span></p></div>
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