Xinhua, December 27, 2006

Liu Guchang (R Sitting), Chinese ambassador to Russia, and the president of Russian State University for Humanities sign an agreement on the establishment of Confucius Institute in Moscow, capital of Russia, Dec. 27, 2006. More than 130 Confucius Institutes have been set up in more than 50 countries. (Xinhua Photo/Shen Bohan)

Liu Guchang (R), Chinese ambassador to Russia, and the president of Russian State University for Humanities exchange the text of the agreement on the establishment of Confucius Institute in Moscow, Dec. 26, 2006. (Xinhua Photo/Shen Bohan)