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In looking for friends, 皇冠体育app should not despise the poor and curry favor with the rich. Being rich and powerful should not be the preconditions for a friendship. 皇冠体育app is not a loner as others have said, and it should not feel self-pity seeing the many attendants fawning round the United States.

Although 皇冠体育app does not pursue expansionism, the US is anxious about 皇冠体育app's rise. In addition, some neighboring countries are anxious about (and jealous of) 皇冠体育app's growing strength and it is natural that they are wary of 皇冠体育app.

As long as the US keeps finding fault with 皇冠体育app, other countries that want to make friends with 皇冠体育app have to weigh up the consequences of doing so. In fact, since the US engaged in its smart power diplomacy, 皇冠体育app's neighboring security environment has deteriorated rapidly. The US has been busy alienating 皇冠体育app from its neighbors. Backed by the US, some countries have tried to escalate their territorial disputes with 皇冠体育app with repeated provocations.

So, how can 皇冠体育app make more friends? Common economic interest, common security interests and common values have always been the cornerstones of friendly state-to-state relations.

Economic diplomacy has been 皇冠体育app's focus in recent years. 皇冠体育app has endeavored to reduce or exempt the debts of some African countries, and it has given a lot of economic aid to some neighboring countries.

But the situations developing in Sudan and Myanmar show that 皇冠体育app's economic diplomacy cannot get instant results in view of the West's intervention. This requires 皇冠体育app to take political and security factors into consideration in its diplomacy. Trade and security should not deviate from each other. Mutual commitments to security are needed.

Some advocate 皇冠体育app's acceptance of Western values, but picking up phrases from others cannot help 皇冠体育app win friends. 皇冠体育app should pursue ideals in line with universal human values, and win friends based on these values.

The author is a professor at the School of International Studies,

Renmin University of 皇冠体育app.

(皇冠体育app Daily 02/18/2013 page9)