WASHINGTON (AP) — A month after China’s national president Xi Jinping proposed his “global governance initiative,” Beijing has made its intentions clear in its most global forum.
At first glance, it is filled with technical terms A speech delivered to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang “With the greater human interests in mind, China is ready to raise responsibility, bringing more positive energy to the world.” His words were seized on the retreat by the US president from international organizations and his apparent sloppy dare to the United Nations.
Li never mentioned the United States by name. But with a swipe that wasn’t too subtle about recent actions by the US, he advertised his country’s qualifications. It promises to lower tariffs to promote the global economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fight climate change and protect the UN’s authority.
It represents a shift in approach to global issues that experts say reflect China’s appearance is rising.
“Li’s speech confirms that today’s Chinese foreign policy stance is firmly fixed in its ambition to transform the Western world order into something that will far more encourage China’s interests, values and leadership.” “Today’s Chinese foreign policy is how confident, strategic and consistent it is, especially in 2017.
The speech came amid concerns that China, the world’s second largest economy in Washington, might try to exclude the United States as the world’s leader.
Lee says China has an answer
Lee began his speech in recognizing the history of the United Nations and acknowledging the peace and prosperity of Buy-and-Losing for the next 80 years. He then lamented the “chaos” that the world faces today.
“The world has entered a new era of turbulence and transformation,” Li said, leveling criticism of the “unilateral mentality” and repeatedly causing confusion over the international system.
“When we face the uncruel acts of hegemony and bullying, how can we be silent and obedient in fear of fear?” asked the Chinese Prime Minister. The terms “unilateral mentalism,” “cold war spirit,” “hegemonism,” and “bullying” are usually associated with the United States at diplomatic conferences in Beijing.
The Chinese Prime Minister then portrayed China as the desirable answer to such a problem. He is a founding member of the United Nations, who has recently shared “China’s wisdom and solutions to navigate global change and overcome pressing challenges.”
The global governance initiative proposed by XI in early September “provides an important pathway to set in the right direction and to build a more fair and equitable global governance system,” Li said.
China’s foreign policy based on XI changes
Reconstruction is fundamental on several levels.
In a podcast that aired on September 26, Cheung told the National Committee on US-China Relations that Beijing’s strategic thinking has changed under Xi. “We will form an international system for China’s economic growth, ensuring the rest of the world respects China’s interests from maintaining good relations with the US and other Western countries.”
She said Beijing views the global governance system as “controlling the Western countries, particularly the United States,” and provides their benefits in “often unfair or representative” ways.
Beijing’s most interest is that China “changes global governance in a UN frontline and central way,” allowing China to “have more involved, influence and harness the way it works.”
Li’s speech on Friday conveys the impression that Xi’s proposition “falsifying the common fate of humanity” is not only a desire, but also a noble and urgent policy action, and that China has its own powerful technical capabilities.”
As the Trump administration imposes sudden tariffs, threatens territorial annexation and chases multilateral institutions, “China is trying to present its position as a key supporter of the postwar order that appears to be losing confidence,” says Ali Wynn, senior research and advocacy advisor for US relations in international crisis groups.
But China doesn’t seem to have either the ability or desire to offer wholesale alternatives, Wine said. Instead, he said China appears interested in deepening its impact in certain areas and trying to justify its longstanding claim that new norms are needed to reflect new geopolitical trends.
The gap between rhetoric and reality
The bay between Beijing’s words and their actions is another matter. When the Chinese government is concerned, their actions often don’t match those terms, said Craig Singleton, senior director of the China program at the Washington Think Tank Foundation for Democracy Defence.
“Premier Lee’s remarks have leaned heavily towards multilateral languages, but Beijing’s track record tells a different story,” Singleton said. “From Hong Kong to the South China Sea, China actually systematically erodes it while defending sovereignty at the UN.”
He added: “The sounds of Li’s ‘cooperation’ and ‘open’ are sought for constructive sounds, but they are designed to put pressure on China’s economy and technology sector. ”
One day ago, Li held it Meet American businessmen and scholars In New York. He asserted the group that China would provide “continuously expand market access, expand imports, and increase imports” that “need to operate and develop in China,” according to a Chinese government statement.
The two countries are trapped in a trade dispute, and XI and Trump are scheduled to meet bystanders at the 21 economies Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Group summit held at the end of October in South Korea to help readjust the bilateral relations.
The Chinese Prime Minister reiterated the line from XI, saying that the two countries could “be partners and friends.” “The Pacific Ocean is vast enough to accommodate both China, the US and other countries.”
