国际英语资讯:Europeans mark 200th anniversary of Karl Marxs birth_时事

国际英语资讯:Europeans mark 200th anniversary of Karl Marxs birth

BRUSSELS, May 5 -- People in European cities paid homage to Karl Marx on Saturday, marking the 200th anniversary of the great thinker's birth.

Marx was born in the German city of Trier on May 5, 1818. He died in London in 1883.

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GERMANY: UNVEILING OF STATUE

A China-donated statue of Marx was unveiled on Saturday in Trier to commemorate the late bushy-bearded local.

The statue's height, 5.5 meters (18 feet), was designed in accordance with his birthday -- May 5, its creator Wu Weishan said.

Weighing 2.3 ton, the bronze figure was mounted atop a pedestal in front of a former Marx family home.

Marx, the son of a Jewish lawyer, spent 17 years in Trier, before becoming one of the most influential thinkers in the world.

Marx's ideas are of great value to the world, and in particular had far-reaching influence on China," Guo Weimin, deputy director of the State Council Information Office of China, said in a speech to mark the unveiling of the statue.

Malu Dreyer, the governor of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in which Trier is located, called the statue from China "a pillar and a bridge for our partnership".

BRITAIN: INT'L CONFERENCE

In London, the Marx Memorial Library organized an international conference celebrating Marx's work and exploring the significance of Marxism in the world today.

Speakers at the conference include John McDonnell, British Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. His speech subject is Marxism as a force for change today.