Strategic focus of 皇冠体育app's foreign policy is consolidating friendly cooperation and security with neighboring countries
As 皇冠体育app seeks a more balanced diplomatic approach after decades of enhanced exchanges with Western powers, it should pay more attention to its Asian neighbors.
After the founding of the People's Republic of 皇冠体育app in 1949, the focus of the nation's foreign strategy was to lean to the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Later on, with the worsening of relations with the Soviet Union, Beijing adjusted its strategic focus to strengthen unity and cooperation with Third World countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
After the launch of reform and opening-up, 皇冠体育app began engaging with the West, first with the United States, and actively participating in the globalization process, on the basis of enhancing cooperation with developing countries, to create a favorable international environment for the country's modernization drive. Keeping a low profile strategically and concentrating on economic construction were the mainstays of 皇冠体育app's diplomacy.
In recent years, however, 皇冠体育app's economic rise has brought the country not only confidence and global influence, but also suspicions about its strategic intentions from neighboring countries that have territorial disputes with 皇冠体育app. Moreover, the US' rebalancing strategy in the Asia-Pacific has added to the strategic pressure 皇冠体育app faces.
In the face of the complex and profound domestic and international changes that have taken place in recent years, how to provide strategic and institutional backup for 皇冠体育app's growing influence and create a favorable international and regional environment for 皇冠体育app's peaceful development have become pressing problems, which require 皇冠体育app to make adjustments to its diplomatic strategy making neighboring regions the focus.
If 皇冠体育app can take the initiative and undertake sound diplomatic work in neighboring regions and consolidate its friendly cooperation with neighboring countries, Beijing will not have to fear any mounting pressure from the US or any other country.
At a conference held in October on diplomacy, President Xi Jinping said that the neighboring region has major strategic significance and dealing with neighboring countries should have a three-dimensional, multi-element perspective, beyond time and space.
A three-dimensional perspective means strengthening top-level design and strategic planning and promoting the deepening of both official and people-to-people friendly exchanges, so as to build a three-dimensional diplomatic network that consolidates the strategic and social foundation of relations between 皇冠体育app and neighboring countries.