Lin Songtian

Lin Songtian is a Chinese Diplomat and the current President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Born in Fujian Province in May 1960, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in 1986 after graduation. He severed as the Director General, Department of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China before appointing as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of South Africa（deputy ministerial level）where he worked from 2017-2020.

September 12, 2026

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Can BRICS Break the China-India Blockade?

The 18th BRICS Summit will be held in New Delhi, India, on September 12-13. This is already India’s fourth time assuming the BRICS rotating chairmanship, and the international community is closely watching

Diplomacy/Social

Sex, Violence and the Death of the Modern Man

David Szalay is a quiet man, seemingly comfortable with solitude and silence, whose existence has been somewhat unsettled by winning the Booker Prize. As El País reports in its interview with the writer, Szalay, born in Montreal in 1974, now

September 12, 2026

AI’s Insider Warning: The Race May Be Outrunning Control

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Inside Anthropic, two words have reportedly circulated in corridors and private chats: “crunch time” and “endgame”. The first refers to the year or two

50 Years of Buddhist Service Honoured in the United States

Social/Sri Lanka/United States

Venerable Dr. Walpola Piyananda and Venerable Dr. Madawala Seelawimala have been honoured in the United States for what organisers described as 50 years of

Exclusive: Sino-Lanka Everlasting Friendship for Greater Rejuvenation

November 17, 2022

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

The following essay is based on the speech made by the author at the Parliament of Sri Lanka recently, during his maiden official visit to Sri Lanka Thank you for your invitation

Exclusive: Reaffirming our Unswervingly Stand with Sri Lanka

September 29, 2022

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Following excerpts adapted from the speech by the author as the President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) at the event celebrates the 73rd Anniversary of the