想象的兄弟,还是现实的伙伴?--中非关系的历史叙事

Imagined Brother or Realistic Partner?-The Historical Narratives on China-Africa Relations

无论从哪个角度讲,俄乌冲突都可看作是自“二战”,特别是冷战结束以后,全球地缘政治格局巨变的转折点。虽然这一危机在地缘上仍然属于“西方内部”的冲突,但不可否认的是,1054年7月16日罗马教皇和君士坦丁堡牧首相互开除教籍的“东西大分裂”时刻,实际上已经在西方的“东”和“西”之间埋下了持续千年的深深裂痕。俄乌冲突爆发后,俄罗斯东正教大牧首基里尔明确站在普京一边,以及罗马教皇方济各警告基里尔不要成为“普京的祭坛辅祭”,似乎让我们看到了这一冲突的宗教底色。

China’s passive involvement in the west-dominant world system in the 19th Century is the core variable influencing China’s political, social, economic, and diplomatic relations with the rest of the world. The incompatibility between the“Tianxia System” and “Cosmopolitanism” remains unresolved with China’s rise. The Russia-Ukraine Crisis might provide an excuse for the West to reshape its relations with China. China-Africa solidarity forged from“revolutionary brotherhood” in history to“development partnership” since the new millennium has laid a good foundation for China to cultivate an alternative cosmopolitanism, although more efforts are needed to counter-balance the influences of Africa-West long-term(neo)colonial relationship.