Without peace, people will suffer, development will be delayed, and even destruction will occur. China’s vision of a world of lasting peace naturally attracts peace-lovers.
Second, China’s vision offers a new type of international relations. Under the guidance of the United Nations Charter, there has been no world war for about 80 years.
In building a community with a shared future, China is promoting a new type of international relations based on mutual respect, fairness, justice and mutually beneficial cooperation. All countries, regardless of size, strength, ideology, religion or political system, can be equal partners. With global governance characterized by extensive consultation, collective contribution, and shared benefits, there is no need to worry about being constrained.
Last but not least, China’s vision leads to true multilateralism. This is about resolving international issues through consultation and working together to decide on the future of the world. In the face of global crises such as arms races, the threat of nuclear war, development inequality, poverty, pandemics, and climate change, true multilateralism is the answer.
It refers to the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.
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The world must reject ‘Cold War mentality’, Chinese President Xi says at Boao Asia Forum
The world must reject ‘Cold War mentality’, Chinese President Xi says at Boao Asia Forum
For ASEAN member states and the rest of Asia’s broader community, there is further reason to join China’s vision. We share a common home, we understand and trust each other. Asian minds think the same way.
Seventy years ago, China, India, and Burma (now Myanmar) jointly launched the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which have since been adopted by other parts of Asia and the world. The values of consensus, harmony, unity and community were often championed as part of Asian values by the likes of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Xi, Anwar’s efforts to build trust between civilizations are the future
Xi, Anwar’s efforts to build trust between civilizations are the future
As the Central Foreign Affairs Working Conference pointed out last December, the goal of this vision is to create an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world with lasting peace, universal security and shared prosperity. It is about building.
On this basis, China is ready to cooperate with other countries in Asia and the world to address common challenges, achieve prosperity for all, and lead a common future of peace, security, prosperity and progress. There is.
Mr. Zhu Jing is the Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Singapore.