My China: Democracy Is Not Coca-Cola
Having weathered past contradictions, errors, and suffering, the country has found its Way, or Tao, by drawing on experience, ancient traditions, and philosophy.
Having weathered past contradictions, errors, and suffering, the country has found its Way, or Tao, by drawing on experience, ancient traditions, and philosophy.
China strives to make its due contribution to world peace and development as a major country. It never engages in aggression or expansion, never seeks hegemony, and remains a staunch force for upholding regional and world peace and stability.
The concept of “building a community with a shared future for mankind” is a reinterpretation of universalism in the Western style and may usher in a new era of world enlightenment, not to mention new enlightenment in the face of a West that is increasingly immersed in the shadows of xenophobia, populism, anti-science discourse, violence, internal division, protectionism, unilateralism, and fake news.
We cannot tackle common challenges in a divided world, and confrontation will lead us to a dead end.
This is, perhaps, the very transformational moment in which China could create an ecological civilization that positively changes not only China, but the entire world.
We may at times encounter stormy waves and dangerous rapids, but as long as we pool our efforts and keep to the right direction, the giant vessel of human development will stay on an even keel and sail toward a brighter future.
China is ready to carry out cooperation with other countries in establishing an international monetary system that is fair, neutral, and stable.
As it moves closer to the stage in which its agricultural sector is of a higher quality and efficiency, its rural areas are suitable to live and work in, and its farmers are well-off, China will make more contributions to the world’s anti-poverty program.
Their cooperation in international and regional affairs will surely promote the development trend of the world’s multipolarization and the establishment of a fair and reasonable new international political order.
There is a growing need for China to play a greater role in global governance and economic development.
Unveiling its 14th Five-Year Plan that also outlines new connotations of China’s foreign policy, the country’s top legislative and advisory bodies lay the foundation of peace, prosperity and progress for all.
Without disregarding the existence of universal values, China underlines the relevance of cultural differences in each country and differences in domestic governance models.