She holds a PhD in comparative literature and world literature from Beijing Language University; Master's degree in Asian and African Studies. Specialization: China from the Center for Asian and African Studies (CEAA) of El Colegio de México. She has served as official interpreter and translator for the Mexican government, professor at the Center for Asian and African Studies since 1987, commentator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in international forums and interpreter for the Ministry of Energy, Mines and State Industry at the world meeting on clean energy held in Merida, among others. Her research interests are: Language teaching and interculturality; Teaching materials; Chinese proverbs - a bridge between history and language; Translation of literature from Chinese to Spanish and The handling of the cultural component in modern literary translation. She has received the following distinctions: Friend of Chinese Literature Diploma from the National Association of Chinese Writers, 2018; Senior Consultant Appointment of the Confucius Institute, Beijing Language University, 2017; International Book Award for the Dissemination of Contemporary Chinese Literature from the Ministry of Education of China, 2014, among others. His most recent publications: Lives II. Tales from Contemporary China, Lives. Tales from Contemporary China and Practical Chinese Grammar.
As a result of a shared effort between educational institutions in China and Mexico, the book China and Mexico: 45 Years of Diplomatic and Cultural Relations is presented, which consists of three main sections: Social Sciences, Humanities and Natural Sciences.
In the first section, the reader will find diplomatic, economic, social and legal topics, considered essential to deepen understanding between both countries. Subsequently, topics on the dominance of the Spanish and Chinese languages, their translation and literary studies; to this are added questions about art and society from a transcultural and trans-historical perspective. Finally, geological and environmental disciplines are addressed, due to the relevance that they have acquired today for the safeguarding the planet.
The reader will find in the pages of this volume a set of dialogues between specialists from various countries on specific topics about China and Mexico, through which the convening institutions seek knowledge and understanding between both nations inserted in a globalized world.
The work represents a renewed starting point for reflection and promotion of Sino-Mexican relations, which must be extended to the fields of the humanities and social sciences. The book has like immediate precedent the "I International Colloquium of Chinese and Mexican Studies: a permanent cultural dialogue", organized by UNAM and the University of Foreign Studies of Beijing in October 2014, in Mexico.
The text is divided into two main parts made up of experts from various disciplines, of both Mexican and Chinese nationalities, and even from third countries. The first section corresponds to sinology and the field of the humanities and arts in both cultures, while the second addresses issues of the social sciences. The first part is titled ''Sinology and Humanities in China and Mexico.
Historical review and perspectives''. Address issues of sinology and a set of humanistic subjects such as literature, literary translation, linguistic diversity in both nations, teaching of the Chinese and Spanish languages, philosophy, religion, and art. Meanwhile, the second, titled “Chinese society and Mexican society. Historical review and perspectives”, take various subjects of social disciplines such as diplomatic and economic relations between Mexico and China, various topics of sociology, history and comparative legal systems, and incorporates an interesting section about traditional medicine in both countries.
This publication achieves to combine historical and contemporary elements of China and Mexico, which are analyzed from new perspectives to present them to both societies, with the ultimate aim of benefiting their development by updating issues of common interest, which are the basis for build a permanent cultural dialogue. The convening universities thus seek to promote their internationalization process, both for present and future generations.