In the face of long-standing conflicts confronting the world today, there's an urgent need to better learn countries' histories and draw from the cross-cultural harmony that pervaded ancient times to understand, and help resolve the issues at hand. In Beijing, a recent forum tackled how China-Europe inter-civilizational communication shaped nations' varying levels and paths of development in modern times, and the lessons we can learn from them. CGTN's anchor Pan Deng hosted a panel discussion with two scholars participating in the forum.