Chinas New Foreign Relations for a Complex World

In 2013 profound and complicated changes continued to take place in the international situation, although, stable overall, there was also an accelerated restructuring of international relations. Adapting to the changing circumstances in the restructuring of international relations and for Chinas own development, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by General Secretary Comrade Xi Jinping sized up the situation and made pioneering efforts with a series of major diplomatic initiatives for proactively advancing China＇s diplomatic theories and charted a new course in practice.     

China＇s Flourishing Multilateral Diplomacy

In the early stage after its founding, the People＇s Republic of China established bilateral relations with a series of socialist countries and a small number of Western countries. In order to break up the encirclement of New China by the Western hostile forces headed by the United States, New China began participating in international affairs. It took part in the two Geneva Conferences and the Bandung Conference, and Premier Zhou Enlai visited ten African countries.     

Thirty Years of China＇s Diplomacy： Trajectory and Challenges Ahead

The 60 years since the birth of New China can be divided into two equal parts with the second 30 years of Chinese diplomacy reflecting tremendous changes in the country and its society. And its central task in this period boils down to building a peaceful external environment for the domestic modernization drive. In the process, based on independence and the world-known Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, taking shape is a diplomatic strategy that is both all-directional in scope and rich in Chinese characteristics. Since the advent of the 21st century, the country has defined four areas of focus in its diplomacy and put forward the watchword of ＂peaceful development.＂ Looking ahead, China is facing new challenges in its diplomacy of how to preserve harmonious relations with the outside world and set up a Chinese model reflecting its own core values, thereby investing with it greater international appeal and value of universal application.     

International Studies （Chinese-language Journal）

International Studies is one of the earliest academic journals published by the research circle of China devoted to interna- tional studies. As a political, policy-conscious and theoretical publication it exerts an academic influence both in China and abroad. In light of the objective of serving diplomatic work and closely following the latest academic developments at home and abroad, the journal publishes the latest achievements in international studies by carrying anatyses on major events and de- velopments in international relations with special attention to new ideas and theories. The main columns are： International Relations, International Politics, World Economy,     

在纷繁复杂的国际形势中开创中国外交新局面(英文)

The year of 2013 was a pivotal year for understanding Chinese diplomacy over the coming five to ten years.In 2013,the Communist Party leadership dared to explore new ground and blaze new trails by taking both domestic and foreign policies into account and integrating Chinese characteristics with the necessities of the historical moment.As such,China was able with able to obtain initial results in diplomatic theory with pioneering efforts in practice,thus opening a new page in China’s foreign relations.     

DENG XIAOPING''''S OUTLOOK ON STATE INTEREST

At the very beginning of the founding of New China,the Chinese leaders clearlydefined the relationship of diplomatic work to state interest.At the inaugura-tion ceremony of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 1949,PremierZhou Enlai declared that diplomatic work should be responsible for defending stateinterest.After that,the Chinese leaders'concept of state interest developed with     

Probing into the Theories on the Rise of Great Powers

The existent international relations theory has not given a clear definition of “the rise of great powers,“ and “rising“ is also not a fundamental concept in international relations or world politics. However, for whatever version of international relations history, it must be a recounting of the relations between countries that rise and fall; and for whatever international relations theory, it must admit the fact that the rise and fall of great powers is one of the natural laws characterized international relations development. As Paul Kennedy puts it, the “relative strengths of the leading nations in world affairs never remain constant, principally because of the uneven rate of growth among different societies and of the technological and organizational breakthroughs which bring a greater advantage to one society than to another.“① Therefore, it can be said that theories related to “the rise of great powers“ are so common, particularly concentrating on the possible influence of the rising power and its relations with war, the means and policies to deal with it as well as how to realize the peaceful transition of power. This article intends to explore and summarize all these theories and also make some comments based on the rise of China.……     

Cultural Diplomacy and a Harmonious World

The cultural diplomacy of China today has entered into a period of rapid development. Yet there is still much room for improvement in promoting China＇s new diplomatic thinking. In step with China＇s growing economy and increased weight in international affairs, the Chinese government has changed its diplomatic strategy to ＂building a harmonious world.＂ To make this concept more attractive and acceptable to other countries and peoples, China should expand its soft power resources, strengthen international cultural exchanges to draw on the fine achievements of foreign cultures, enhance the influence of Chinese culture worldwide, exploit new channels for international cultural exchanges, develop its cultural industry, and improve its comprehensive power.     

To Our Readers

Contemporary International Relations, the English journal published by China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, is now 15 years old. Since its conception as the first Chinese journal in English covering the field of international relations, it has presented to our readers numerous articles written by the research fellows of our institutes on the subjects of international affairs, international relations, and international relations theories.     

To Our Readers

Contemporary International Relations, the English journal published by China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, is now 15 years old. Since its conception as the first Chinese journal in English covering the field of international relations, it has presented to our readers numerous articles written by the research fellows of our institutes on the subjects of international affairs, international relations, and international relations theories.