Wisdom is Xi’s unique diplomatic strategy
BEIJING - Global observers have been speaking highly of the warmth and wisdom embedded in the “unique diplomatic strategy and style” crafted by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The observers made the remarks in reaction to “MajorCountry Diplomacy”, a six-episode political documentary rolled out by China on its diplomatic principles, practices and achievements over the past five years. The TV series on China’s majorcountry diplomacy sums up quite effectively some of the most important events of the last five years in which China has played a decisive role, said William Jones, the Washington Bureau chief for Executive Intelligence Review news magazine. “It gives the picture of a man who is genuinely a ‘people person’ and shows the sincere warmth of his personality”, Jones said, referring to the Chinese president who took office in March 2013. The series breathes a spirit of hope and optimism into a world still plagued by poverty, wars and devastations, he said, noting that Xi’s call for a new paradigm in international relations based on a win-win formula represents a clear break with the old political formulas characterized by zero-sum geopolitics. Khairy Tourk, a professor at Stuart School of Business of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), said the developing countries have been trapped in the post-1945 global order, where they are always at a disadvantage. “Xi’s policies are changing all of that”, he said. Among others, the observer said many weak nations have been trapped in the old order because they are raw materialproducing countries and lack the means to achieve modernization; meanwhile, China is ready to share its advanced technology, like high-speed railway technology, with these countries. China’s majorcountry diplomacy “treats all countries, big or small, as equals” and “promotes friendship among peoples as the bedrock and guarantor of friendship and cooperation among states”, said Keith Bennett, vice chairman of Britain’s 48 Group Club. Xi has crafted a unique diplomatic strategy and style for his country, which serves to not only promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also to move forward towards the creation of a shared future for mankind, Bennett said.
(Xinhuanet.com)