When looking at the initiative from a Sino-European relations perspective, the BRI has been, at least in part and right now, pretty much a missed opportunity– one where both sides have something to make up for.
Tonga’s partnership with China, which is within the BRI cooperation framework, demonstrates China’s positive influence in the Pacific region.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of their comprehensive strategic partnership, China and Europe have a lot to do in 2023, building up trust and working together to boost global economic recovery and resolve crises.
Andrews’ engagements with key Chinese officials arrive at a time when a climate of diplomatic rapprochement is well set and follow their top diplomats having already contemplated opportunities to scale economic cooperation into various fields.
The understandings reached, the goodwill expressed and the commitment to pursuing a world order devoid of great power politics, polarization and Cold War were the hallmarks of the 2023 Boao Forum for Asia.
A fundamental restructuring of international governance is required if the benefits of global economic growth are to be shared more fairly, and the dream of common prosperity for all peoples is to be turned into reality.
If people view the world as a community with a shared future, then openness, cooperation and win-win outcomes will be the fruits of their choice.
Democracy is a pluralistic concept. People should practice it in light of their country’s social conditions. There is not just one form of democracy in the world. As long as people support it, all forms of democracy should be respected.
The global challenges we face today impose the need for a new paradigm of global governance beyond just optimizing nation-states’ self-interests.
At a time when geopolitical friction and deglobalization are making a lot of noise, China, guided by its open development concept, stands by a multilateral trade regime—i.e., the true definition of an opening-up policy.
It is China’s diplomatic goodwill that finally brought the two Gulf powerhouses together to ink the peace agreement that will lead to security and political stability to the Middle East and beyond.
Chinese modernization currently offers several nations on each continent an additional reference or choice as regards achieving modernization, albeit strictly according to national conditions.
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