My friend, Payam Parniani, and I are foreign exchange students from Italy and Germany attending high school in Devils Lake, North Dakota, in the United States. Our global studies class, which studies international policies, is participating in a Model United Nations Assembly. We are representing the country of China and need to know the Chinese views on the "Situation in Afghanistan,? "Protection of Children,? "International Terrorism" and "The crisis of the Middle East.? We would be very pleased to hear from you soon and are looking forward to representing the country of China in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Sincerely Yours

Tony Filoni, Payam Parniani

Dear Tony Filoni and Payam Parniani:

Our website has given ample coverage to all the issues you mentioned. To access that coverage, use our china.org.cn search engine. A simple search on ?Afghanistan,? for instance, today produced 476 articles, with the most recent listed first. These websites also have current information which should be of help you:

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America

Permanent Mission of People's Republic of China to the United Nations

Best Regards

China.org.cn