Silk Road Diplomacy:China Redefines Its Role on the Asian Mainland

This article proposes how China is using Silk Road diplomacy to redefine its roles on the Asian mainland.This undertaking will inevitably change geopolitical conditions along the Silk Road corridor,and will affect the interests of major powers within that region.For the past five years,Beijing has been vigorously promoting its Belt&Road Initiative(BRI),the most ambitious foreign policy to be adopted by China since Deng Xiaoping’s program of“reform and opening up.”This is an enormous initiative that will require vast amounts of capital and multilateral cooperation,so many risks will be encountered in the course of its implementation.The objectives of the article are to:(a)explore the ideas,goals,and strategies of Silk Road diplomacy from the constructivist perspective;and(b)analyze the attendant difficulties,as well as how Silk Road diplomacy is likely to affect the Silk Road countries and China’s Western provinces.

The Central Pillars of China’s Diplomacy

THIS year, China’s diplomacy was highlighted at three major diplomatic events in April and May – The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Conference of Dialogues on Asian Civilizations, and the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing. Then followed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s busy diplomatic month of June, which saw his four overseas trips: From June 5 to 7, Xi first paid a state visit to Russia and attended the 23rd St.

On Cultural Diplomacy of China for Russia

In the course of economic globalization,apart from military political and economic diplomacy between countries,cultural diplomacy increasingly becomes a highlight in international relations.Culture,which is regarded as a new standard to evaluate a country' s soft power and an effective approach to enhance a country' s international status and influence,is attached great importance to by many governments.This article analyzed the significance of cultural diplomacy between China and Russia and studied some measures China adopted in cultural diplomacy to consolidate strategic partnership between the two countries.Finally,the article puts forward that the development of cultural diplomacy between the two countries is relatively immature.China' s cultural diplomacy for Russia still needs improving.

China’s Neighborhood Diplomacy in 2018

THE year 2018 was a good year for China’s neighborhood diplomacy,with a succession of breakthroughs being made.Most notable of these was China’s improved relations with two of its major neighbors,India and Japan.The China-India relationship warmed up in the year after the Doklam stand-off in June 2017.The China-Japan relationship has also gradually thawed after the disputes around the Diaoyu Islands in 2012.In addition,Kim Jong Un,chairman of the Workers’Party of Korea(WPK)and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK),visited China three times during the year,attaching great importance to China-DPRK relations.Kim Jong Un’s meeting with the U.S.President Donald Trump in Singapore also eased tensions in the Korean Peninsula,shifting the focus of Northeast Asia towards economic cooperation.

“COST OF GROWTH”:REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS AND CHINA'S NEIGHBORHOOD DIPLOMACY

China is a growing power.It is an important integral part for realizing the Two Centenary Goals and the Chinese Dream to be upgraded from a regional power to a world power. To this end,the neighborhood is of primary importance and the neighborhood diplomacy consists of an impor-

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.

Observations on China's People-to-People Diplomacy

Beijing NGO Association for International Exchanges (Hereinafter referred to as Beijing NGO) was established in August, 2007. It was co-founded by Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and more than 60 NGOs such as Beijing Women’s Federation, Beijing Youth Federation,

China's Public Diplomacy since the 18^(th) CPC National Congress

It is pointed out for the first time at the 18thCPC National Congress on November 8,2012 that"public diplomacy and cultural exchanges should be pushed forward",signifying integration of public diplomacy into China’s national strategy.Over the past year,China’s public diplomacy has made remarkable progress in institution-building,

On the Public Diplomacy of China in the Human Rights Fields

With the development of human rights as the mainstreaming in the international society, the public diplomacy in human rights field is more significant than before. China is facing both opportunities and challenges in regard to the human rights exchange and cooperation, and the public diplomacy of China on human rights needs strengthening. China Society for Human Rights Studies has achieved a lot in human rights studies and promotion in China and in international public diplomacy. The Center for Human Rights Studies of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences plays an important role as a think tank as well. The Beijing Juvenile Legal Aid and Research Center is another example in Chinese public diplomacy on human rights. While the western NGOs are quite active, the voice of their counterparts in the developing countries is very low. China should take efforts to promote public diplomacy on human rights, including advocating Chinese understanding of human rights and participating in drafting and exercising the international human rights law.

2017 Symposium on International Developments and China＇s Diplomacy Held in Beijing

The 2017 Symposium on International Developments and China's Diplomacy,coorganized by CIIS and China Foundation for International Studies(CFIS),was held in Beijing on December 9,2017.Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening and delivered a keynote speech entitled"China's

Embarrassment of Western Human Rights Diplomacy towards China

Nowadays human rights diplomacy is nothing new. This is because in recent years it often comes into relations between China and countries in the West and becomes hot issues. Countries in the West are the creator of human rights diplomacy. During the administration of President Jimmy Carter in the 1970s, the United States for the first time asserted that human fights are central to U.S. foreign policy, and the Carter administration has been known for its human fights diplomacy. Much earlier, in fact, the concept of human fights diplomacy had appeared in the thinking and views of some statesmen in the West.

China’s New Age of Public Diplomacy

Zhao Qizheng records dialogues with political heavyweights on China＇s image altHoUGH public diplomacy is not a new term in political and academic circles, it may still sound abstract and alien to the general public. Discussion of public diplomacy is often confined to serious seminars and academic publications. Published by New World Press in april this year, The Wisdom of Public Diplomacy： Cross-Border

Evolving Thinking and Policies of China's Diplomacy and China-EU Relations

Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China coincide in the present world. China and EU are rising with bigger role to play in the world, though daunting challenges to bilateral relations beckon.

Artwork Diplomacy A Chinese art lover and museum curator promotes cultural exchanges between China and Africa

Within the walls of the Interna tional Museum of African Art （IMAA）. thousands of artworks from many African tribes are preserved and exhibited, including wood, stone and bronze carvings, pottery, clothing,jewelry and paintings, among others.

New Direction for China’s Diplomacy

China is now experiencing growing pains as its economic strength and international influence are on the rise. In the meantime, the international community has higher expectations of China.