The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Heading Toward New Glory

T his year marks the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the tenth anniversary of its predecessor—the “Shanghai Five”. As an important player in international politics, the SCO’s future development has become a hot top…     

A Norm-Taker or a Norm-Maker？ China＇s ODA in Southeast Asia

As China expands its official development assistance (ODA) in Southeast Asia,is Chinese aid beginning to emulate international norms and practices or instead establishing its own distinct approach to development assistance? This essay argues that China’s socialization into international norms varies with the thickness of the institutional environment. In Cambodia and Laos,China’s aid program shows signs of alignment with international aid practices. At the regional level,however,China is beginning to act more like a norm-maker. Through expanding its financial support for select regional initiatives,Beijing is bolstering its ability to shape the norms and practices of regional developmental institutions. China’s rising ODA in Southeast Asia poses a potential challenge to Australia’s influence in the region,but also provides opportunities for greater diplomatic engagement and cooperation in support of regional development.     

China's International Influence

China’s rise is accompanied by a corresponding growth in its international influence. Not only does this kind of influence have its roots in history and imagination,but it is also an inevitable result of China’s growing strength and economy over the past few decades.It is difficult to accurately quantify a country’s international influence.China’s growing international influence has its own distinct characteristics,marked by the country’s unique national interests.A more influential China is not only good for China’s own development;it is also good for the world.     

Strategic Orientation and Prospects of SCO

The maturing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) now has the potential to become an important stabilizer for Eurasia.As a multilateral international mechanism,the SCO should base its core values on a Eurasian Doctrine. Such a doctrine should take Eurasia as a single geopolitical region,a united geo-economic space and a broad platform for multiple cultural exchanges. The SCO’s future agenda should include: further development as a multi-function political,economic and security organization; expansion fro...     

The Development Trend in China’ s Surrounding Areas

China’s surrounding areas are in a special transition period necessitated by China’s peaceful rise and the adjustment of its Asian strategy.In2014,these neighboring areas inherited the development trend of the previous three years,coaxing out changes that we are beginning to see.Changes in world economic growth,America’s rebalancing strategy,and alterations in Sino-Japanese relations are direct results of China’s rise,and other development trends are in the offing.The high-speed growth stage for Asian emerging economies has come to an end.Moderate growth in parallel with reform is the new norm in Asian economy.Due to the collective slowing of emerging economies,     

日本介入南海问题的动向及影响（英文）

正Japan is not a claimant country of the South China Sea.However,it has been meddling in the South China Sea issue in recent years.Japan’s meddling has brought greater uncertainties to the already complicated situation,and it increases the challenges China faces in safeguarding its maritime rights and its initiative for the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.     

Prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

I t has been five years since the founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2001 and a decade has passed since its forerunner, the Shanghai Five, was initiated in 1996. However, it is not until 2004 that the SCO’s two standing bodies—th…     

Initiative on Global Civilisation Praised

<正>President’s proposal critical for pursuit of peace,development,experts say The Global Civilisation Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping is regarded as not only highly relevant in this world fraught with challenges and uncertainties,but also critical for the pursuit of common peace and development,according to Asia-Pacific experts.     

SCO Assessments of Post-Taliban Afghanistan

Last year the Shanghai Cooperation Organization marked the 10th anniversary of its founding.During this relatively short period a considerable progress has been reached in carrying out cooperation in three major areas,i.e.security,economic cooperation,as well as the humanitarian "basket". Combating terrorism,separatism and extremism is a matter of special priority within the context of the SCO's task on ensuring regional stability and security.This is a solid and specific manifestation of SCO basic principles,the policy of gradual peaceful development of the region.1 In practical terms,the implementation of key documents such as the Shanghai Convention on combating terrorism,separatism and extremism,the Counterterrorism Convention,as well as triennial Cooperation Programmes on combating terrorism,separatism and extremism represents an unconditional priority for the SCO in the security field.The Regulations on political diplomatic measures and mechanisms of SCO response to events jeopardizing peace,security and stability in the region adopted in 2009,as well as its revised version being updated currently,are aimed at serving the same goal.     

China＇s Neighboring Strategy Goals and Challenges

China＇ s foreign relations with its neighbors are integral to the country＇s economic development and the direction of its rising political influence. China＇ s core goals in the region are to create a favorable regional environment for sustainable economic development;     

The Sustained and Steady Development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO）, a regional cooperative organization that strands the Eurasian continent, has a vast range of cooperation and is full of vitality. In the eight years since its inception, it has constantly improved its organizational mechanisms and legal development, kept expanding its scope of cooperation, continuously increased its impact and gradually approached a period of mature development. The ＂SCO effect＂ has radiated from Russia and Central Asia to the entire South Asia, the Middle East and even other regions, and SCO has become an important regional organization of cooperation on which the international community is focusing more and more its attention.     

A Study of China’s National Security System

In order to address the increasingly complicated and volatile security situation at home and abroad, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has put forward clear strategic requirements “to improve the national security system” and taken as its general goal “to institute a centralized, unifi ed, effi cient and authoritative national security system,” which gives full expression to the important position of a national security system in the work of national security. China’s national security system refers to the sum total of the specifi c institutions and codes of conduct for the administration of national security and is aimed at providing institutional support to ensure that China is a secure state and has the capacity to remain so. The division of functions of national security, the administration system of state security organs, the management system of human resources for national security, the power-responsibility mechanism and legal guarantees are the essential elements that constitute China’s national security system. We can clearly understand the characteristics of China’s national security system in different periods and trace its development by studying its history. Besides, we must be fully aware that such problems as insufficient research into the national security system, unclear division of the functions of national security, lack of strength in the building of state security organs, and a lag in the construction of the legal system concerning national security, inhibit the full functionality of China’s national security system. If these problems are not solved in a timely manner, China will have diffi culty resolving the various challenges to its national security. Therefore, the most effective ways to improve China’s national security system are: to defi ne in a scientifi c and rational style the functions of China’s national security at the present stage, give full rein to the powers of the National Security Committee of the CPC Central Committee; and forge a high-quality national security force.     

Congratulations on the 5~(th) Anniversary of Establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Editor’s Note: On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the convocation of its Summit in Shanghai, we have invited Secretary-General Zhang Deguang of the SCO, Assistant Minister Li Hui of …     

The Rise of China: The Sustained Development of the World System or the End of It? *

It has been a controversial issue in the past thirty-odd years in academic circles at home and abroad whether China’s economic rise as a unique development model sustains and supplements the world system or brings an end to it. This article makes an analysis of the basic features of the three historical stages of the world system established 500 years ago from the perspective of the relationship between the world system and the rise and fall of countries. The analysis finds that the stages of mercantilism (1500-1750/1800), liberal economy (1800/1850-1914/1945) and mixed economy (1945-2030) were mainly based respectively on “geographical discovery” and “colonialism,” “industrial revolution” and “free trade,” and “economic globalization” and “system innovation.” For the above-mentioned reasons, “geographical discovery,” “international trade and finance,” “science and technology” and “international institutions and mechanisms” are the four fundamental driving forces that the world system has depended on for its existence for 500 years. The world system provided a context for the rise and fall of each individual country in the past 500 years, while the economic success China has achieved in the past three decades mainly benefits from its constant integration into this world system still in existence today. Therefore, the challenge to China in its future development will come, to a great extent, from the world system and its impact on China’s domestic politics, economy and social structure.     

Some Thoughts on China’s International Strategy

The nature of China’s peaceful development requires that its diplomatic strategy reflect both the spirit of the times and its own fundamental characteristics. China should assess its relations with the outside world with fresh ideas, creative thinking and be prepared for flexible maneuvering in handling practical issues.     

人类命运共同体:中国的“世界梦”（英文）

正In his New Year Message for 2016,Chinese President Xi Jinping said,"It’s such a big world with so many problems.The international community expects to hear China’s voice and see its proposals.We cannot be absent."1 Recognizing the profound changes taking place in the global landscape and the development trend of human society,President Xi has put forward a new concept of international relations,which is to"build     

Contradictions in the TrumpAdministration’s Russia Policy

Since President Donald Trump took office,the United States’policy toward Russia has experienced upswings and downturns,oscillating between opposite sides and demonstrating starker contradictions.An in-depth study of the Trump administration’s Russia policy will assist in deepening our knowledge and understanding of the nature of USRussia relations,so that we can better grasp the development trend of the relationship and provide a useful reference for China to more proactively handle its own relations with other major powers.     

新时代中国海洋维权理念与实践

As China is ushering in a new era of national development,the global environment is becoming increasingly volatile.Faced with a complex situation in the adjacent maritime waters,the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC),with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core,has put forward a farsighted and important strategic plan to transform China into a maritime power,including a series of concepts and practices specifically intended to safeguard China’s maritime rights and interests in the new era.A comprehensive analysis and summary of these concepts and practices will not only clarify what these rights and interests are,but it also bears theoretical and practical significance to correctly understand the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy,and better safeguard China’s maritime rights and interests.     

非洲安全新挑战及其对中非合作的影响（英文）

The changes in African security environment not only affect the development of African countries,but also have major implications for China-Africa relations.Given its increasing interests on the continent,China should actively participate in African security governance,safeguard its legitimate rights and interests in Africa,and promote Africa’s peace and stability.     

Securing the New Silk Road

The renewed Chinese ambitions to develop trade along the different branches of the Silk Road bring several new traditional and non-traditional security challenges. The Chinese government has vowed to address them with new security concepts. Yet, these concepts might not be adequate to advance China’s security interests. Moreover, China seems to have difficulties overcoming the contradictions between different security interests: the quest for prosperity and the safeguarding of security; China’s economic aspirations and their consequence of becoming the largest economy; peaceful development and unification with Taiwan and the regain of lost territories; and the dilemma in the guiding diplomatic principles. As a result of these contradictions, Europe faces three uncertainties: How will the tensions in the Pacific develop? How will China seek to defend its interests along the New Silk Road? How will the tensions in the Pacific affect China’s behavior in the common Eurafrasian interface? These uncertainties bring about two more strategic choices for Europe: trying to continue its work with China along the Silk Road and balancing; prioritizing the huge challenges in the wedge of hardship and Europe’s immediate neighbourhood and responding calls to join the United States in its rebalancing to the Pacific. This will make it difficult to establish meaningful cooperation and to work towards burden sharing with the European Union at the other end of the Silk Road.