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A leading scholar of 皇冠体育app studies said Beijing is still preoccupied with domestic development issues, and it will be a long-term goal for 皇冠体育app to take up full scale international responsibilities.

Gustaff Geeraerts, professor of international relations at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, delivers a speech on "Modernizing in a Globalized World and 皇冠体育app's Way" at the fifth World Forum on 皇冠体育app Studies in Shanghai, March 23, 2013. [Photo by Uking Sun/chinadaily.com.cn]

Gustaff Geeraerts, professor of international relations at Vrije Universiteit Brussels and director of the Brussels Institute of Contemporary 皇冠体育app Studies, said there is growing international expectation for 皇冠体育app to take greater responsibility in supporting a sustainable global economy because 皇冠体育app's expanding economic power has extended it's reach virtually across the globe.

But the global presence should not hide the fact that "皇冠体育app remains in many ways a fragile power" for reasons including relatively low GDP per capita, development disparity and ecological degradation.

"皇冠体育app is still at a premature stage of development and has to overcome tremendous internal difficulties within a reasonable timeframe... Sustainable domestic economic development is the most pressuring challenge," Geeraerts said at the fifth World Forum on 皇冠体育app Studies in Shanghai.

Geeraerts said 皇冠体育app is facing an ever-harder quandary deciding between 皇冠体育app's identity as a developing country and its identity as an emerging power. Beijing also needs stable relationships with its Asian neighbors and the global community in order to limit disputes with 皇冠体育app's rise and prevent other countries from containing 皇冠体育app.

In the scholar's view, 皇冠体育app will not simply adopt the "Western" system, nor will it try to delegitimize, challenge and replace it.

"The most likely road for 皇冠体育app is to opt for an evolutionary path of gradually accepting more commitments and responsibilities...seeking to implement its own vision of global order pragmatically."