(A closer look at China) At the time of the United Nations, Xi Jinping's "cannot" and "don't" expressed
China News Service, Beijing, September 30th, title: United Nations time, Xi Jinping expressed "cannot" and "don't"
Author Zhong Sanping
At the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the diplomacy of the Chinese head of state has also entered "United Nations time". Starting from September 21, Chinese President Xi Jinping has attended the 75th Anniversary Summit of the UN and the General Debate of the 75th UN General Assembly. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres.
Next, he will also attend the UN Biodiversity Summit and the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women.
The world has been at a crossroads once again with a major change unseen in a century and a global epidemic.
Through a series of important activities on the multilateral diplomatic stage of the United Nations, Xi Jinping once again expressed China’s expectations for the world in a special “cloud gathering” approach in 2020-no wrong choice, “unilateralism has no way out. Don’t misunderstand China, “China never engages in ideological confrontation, never advocates decoupling, and never wants to be king or hegemony.”
The United Nations is a miniature world. As the United Nations has gone through 75 years, when we look back at the original intention of the establishment of the United Nations-"To save future generations from the scourge of war that the present generation of mankind has suffered twice," not only the words are still in our ears, but also It is of practical significance.
In today's world, protectionism, unilateralism, and bullying are on the rise. Individual countries and political forces are eager to "snap the pot", "decouple" and "retire from the group". The multilateral mechanisms and international governance systems represented by the United Nations are facing serious challenges and impacts.
Unity or division?
Cooperation or confrontation?
Share responsibility or avoid prevarication?
Humanity faces critical choices.
"What kind of United Nations do we need? What kind of future do we need to build?" This is a "must answer" for all member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
At "United Nations time", China’s top leader gave China’s answer with a clear stand and clear expression——
"You can’t listen to whoever has a big fist." "We don’t engage in exceptionalism, double standards, and we cannot distort international law." "No country has the power to dominate international affairs, dominate the destiny of other countries, and monopolize development advantages, let alone in the world. Do your own way, engage in hegemony, bullying, and domineering".
"The epidemic has also magnified the problems of inadaptability and mismatch in the global governance system. All parties should think about how to improve them, instead of overthrowing and starting a new one."
"In the face of the general trend of economic globalization, burying your head in the sand like an ostrich and pretending to ignore it, or waving a spear like Don Quixote to resist it is against the laws of history."
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Undoubtedly, at the crossroads that determine the future, China clearly "says no" to hegemonism, unilateralism, and double standards, and stands firmly on the side of multilateralism and win-win cooperation.
"Xi Jinping has shown a consistent image as a defender of free trade and multilateralism." Some foreign media commented that this is in sharp contrast with the increasingly obvious unilateralist tendency of the United States.
Chinese scholars believe that Xi Jinping’s statement reflects China’s basic views on the world order, rather than targeting specific countries.
Because there may be conflicts in the relations and interests of various countries, they need to be coordinated by systems and rules, and the rule system represented by the United Nations is the basic way to deal with state-to-state relations. It is not a reason for hegemony, exception, or unilateralism.
"This is China's'world view'."
On September 22, 2020, the general debate of the 75th UN General Assembly opened.
The picture shows the exterior view of the United Nations Headquarters.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Ma Delin
What is the correct choice for countries in the world?
Xi Jinping also gave China’s answer: “What we have to do is to replace conflict with dialogue, replace coercion with negotiation, replace zero-sum with win-win, combine our own interests with the common interests of all countries, and strive to expand the convergence of common interests of all countries. To build a harmonious and cooperative international family."
This is also the commitment and action that China has always adhered to-upholding the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, practicing win-win cooperation and promoting the "Belt and Road" initiative; in order to combat the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it has provided material assistance to more than 150 countries and international organizations and promised vaccine research and development. After success, it will be provided as a global public product...
As the UN Deputy Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Preparations for the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations, Fabrizio Hawkschild, pointed out earlier, China is an extremely important role in shaping the future of the United Nations and mankind, and China’s support and cooperation is extremely important. Important.
However, it is undeniable that the uncertain world, complicated situation, and the “turbulent waters” of individual countries and individuals out of self-interest have indeed caused some misunderstandings of China under the “understanding deficit”.
In "United Nations Time", Xi Jinping made a series of explanations and clarifications on China's philosophy and attitudes, and at the same time conveyed the "implications" not to misunderstand China.
"We will never seek hegemony, expand, seek spheres of influence, and have no intention of fighting a cold war with any country," Xi Jinping reiterated.
This can also be seen as a response to some people's habitual hype about the "China threat."
"We do not seek to stand alone, we do not make you lose and we win, and we will not close the door to operate in a closed manner." This can be seen as a direct response to "new issues" such as "Does China continue to open up as always".
It is worth noting that Xi Jinping has responded and elaborated on these "new issues" many times recently.
At "United Nations time," Xi Jinping once again emphasized that China will not shut its doors to shut down operations.
China "will gradually form a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles mutually promoting each other, opening up space for China's economic development, and adding impetus to the recovery and growth of the world economy."
It can be seen from this that China’s new development pattern is still a policy choice made by placing itself in the dimension of “the China of the world”, which is consistent with China’s long-held opening-up and multilateralism choices.
China's actions also provide another perspective for the world to observe the problem-if China really wants to "close operation", then why build an international service trade platform and hold the China International Service Trade Fair before the global epidemic is over , And why have you repeatedly optimized the business environment this year and added multiple free trade zones?
"China will continue to be a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of the international order." Xi Jinping reiterated that we must transcend the boundaries of country, nation, culture, and ideology, stand at the height of all mankind, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. , And jointly build the earth home on which we depend.
This can also be seen as a response to those who misread China.
To some extent, misreading is also a concern.
In fact, the world's attention to China has never been so extensive and profound as it is today.
And all the concerns about China ultimately point to a question-how will "China of Today" be "China of the World" and "China of the Future".
In this regard, Xi Jinping stated in the simplest words when meeting Guterres:
"China never engages in ideological confrontation, never advocates decoupling, never wants to claim hegemony. What we think about the most is to enable 1.4 billion Chinese people to lead a better life and make greater contributions to mankind." (End)