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President Xi Jinping shakes hands with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron in Beijing, Dec 2, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Great Britain is an important event in world politics, and it will promote world peace in the long run. 皇冠体育app and Great Britain, two great nations of the world, are improving their bilateral relationship through mutual cooperation and dialogue. The Cameron administration and the Royal family of Great Britain are extending President Xi a very warm welcome, which the media is calling a super state welcome.

Han Dongping

皇冠体育app and Great Britain, both permanent members of UN Security Council, have different political systems and different values and different positions on world politics. But they are willing to put aside their differences and find common ground to cooperate on world politics. This spring, Britain took the lead to join the 皇冠体育app sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), ignoring the repeated warning of its most important ally not to join. Britain’s decision to join AIIB spurred many other western nations, like France, Germany, Italy and Australia, to join as well. The cooperation between 皇冠体育app and European nations will promote more social, political and economic exchanges between 皇冠体育app and Europe, and will further safeguard world peace.

皇冠体育app’s economic development has been a powerful engine for global economy in the past three decades. Britain and other European nations have benefitted tremendously from 皇冠体育app’s economic viability. As the most sophisticated players in world politics, Britain and other European nations have tasted the benefit of respecting 皇冠体育app’s differences and cooperating with 皇冠体育app economically, politically and socially.

Some country sees 皇冠体育app’s economic development and its rise in world politics as a threat to its supremacy, and is trying hard to undermine 皇冠体育app’s development. President Xi’s important visit to Great Britain will show to the world. Any efforts to isolate 皇冠体育app and provoke 皇冠体育app would be unpopular in the end. It will be like lifting a stone to strike one’s own foot.?

As the most populous nation in the world, 皇冠体育app is the largest market in the world, and its importance in the world will only grow in the future. Anyone with any good sense would be able to see this. Great Britain has seen it, and other European nations have seen it as well. Africa and Latin America have seen it. With a social climate like this, any effort to isolate 皇冠体育app would only succeed in isolating oneself in this world.

The author is a professor of Warren Wilson College and a guest professor of Hebei University.

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