Xi Jinping led an aggressive foreign policy agenda aimed at strengthening the Asian nation's sovereignty, security and development interests and positioning itself as an alternative to North America and the West.
BloombergNews
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
China will strengthen his challenge to the US-led world orderand took advantage of a rare Communist Party conference this week to Devise a strategy to increase your profile and power on the global stage.
President Xi Jinping and other senior leaders promised to do so Raise China’s influence on world affairs “to a new level.”said a government statement published on Thursday evening after the conference.
“Must reject all power politics and intimidationAnd We vigorously defend our national interests and our dignity” it says, alluding to the alleged anti-Chinese pressure from the USA.
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Xi has presided aggressively Foreign policy agenda to strengthen China's sovereignty, security and development interestsand position as an alternative to the USA. and other Western democracies use aid, trade and foreign direct investment to build goodwill and expand their political influence.
After the inaugural meeting in 2006 and the subsequent meetings in 2014 and 2018, a party conference is taking place for the fourth time. It is the foreign policy equivalent to China's twice-a-decade fiscal policy meeting in October.
“We have to adopt a clear and firm positionmaintain and unite international moral authority and bring the overwhelming majority of our world together“, says the statement.
Xi used a speech on Tuesday to underscore his determination to challenge the United States The aim was to remember the nation's founder, Mao Tse Tungto praise them “Chinese modernization”. Xi has been promoting this vaguely defined concept since 2021, adding this week that this is now the case “the solemn historical responsibility of today’s Chinese communists.”
Since Xi began abandoning his strict approach to containing Covid-19 in late 2022, which isolated his country from the rest of the world for about three years, has launched a series of diplomatic efforts to strengthen China's global position.
A special feature here was Present your country as a pioneer of emerging markets known as the Global South, particularly by groups in which Beijing has great influence. In August he called for the BRICS bloc will accelerate a plan to expand its membershipa move that would give his policies and ideas a wider audience.
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In October, it hosted the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, an event for its flagship infrastructure initiative has become a club for the nations of the global south after Europe decided not to take part.
Xi also helped consolidate the Shanghai Cooperation Organizationor a larger regional security group. This group is helping China forge closer ties with Russia and Iran, two main enemies of the United States.
And attempts are made to go deeper Beijing's influence in Central Asia as Russia focuses on its war in Ukraine. In May, Xi hosted a summit with leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Strengthening trade and security ties.
Xi's vision of a more influential China also includes the South Pacific. As a sign of Beijing's increased interest in the region This year he appointed his first special envoy to the Pacific Islands.
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There are signs that Beijing attempts to reform international organizations such as the United Nations to better fit your worldview. In addition, efforts are being intensified have a greater voice in global bodies that set technical standardsto both advance its production in the global value chain and increase its influence.
China says the measures are necessary because deserves a voice that does justice to its economic weight, although its critics claim that it undermines agencies, for example through Divert the UN's focus from human rights, protecting people.
The diplomatic meeting Xi attended this week noted that China intends to further advance these projects in the coming years. The country “faces new strategic opportunities in its development,” the statement said, adding that the country “Will promote a new dynamic in relations between China and the world.”