Bright Prospect in Public Diplomacy and People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges for Local Foreign Affairs Office

The report of the 18th National Congress of the CPC for the first time put forward that "We will take solid steps to promote public diplomacy as well as people-to-people and cultural exchanges",and has elevated public diplomacy and people-topeople and cultural exchanges to the status of consolidating the social foundation for state-tostate relations,which highlights the

Nanjing Foreign Affairs Office Conducts Sino-Japanese History Teachers’ Exchanges for Third Consecutive Year

Since 2014,the Nanjing Foreign Affairs Office has cooperated with the Japan Association of History Educators to organize three annual exchanges of Chinese and Japanese history teachers as one part of a series of activities under the theme'Joining hands with foreign friends to build peace cities'.The Japanese association is a nongovernmental organization with

A Guiding Beacon for a Perplexed World and A Lasting Power for Improving Quality and Growth——International Situation and China’s Diplomacy in 2023

The world today is entering a new period of turbulence and change,with frequent and overlapping crises.Confrontations in international politics are mainly concentrated in the three major geopolitical sectors.The international landscape is being fractured and reorganized,and some new features and trends are gradually emerging.The formation of“mini-multilateral”clubs has accelerated under the competitive situation,the possibility of a new Cold War in Europe has risen,the United States’“friendly offshore outsourcing”and supply chain reorganization strategy has led to a trend of fragmentation in the global economy,and the Global South has risen and contributed to the reshaping of the geopolitical landscape.In the face of many uncertainties,risks and challenges in the world today,China has upheld the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind,put forward innovative global governance programs,promoted major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,and created new opportunities and made new contributions to world peace,development and governance through its own development and progress.

The International Order in 2023: Entering an “Era of Uncertainty”

With the accelerated evolution of the global transformation unseen in a century,the year of 2023 came to an end amid turmoil and uncertainty in the world.The crisis in Ukraine was not resolved,the Palestinian-Israeli conflict resumed,the world economy was in a downturn,and the restructuring of global industrial and supply chains was accelerating.Under the“scar eff ect”of the COVID-19 pandemic,the world entered a new normal of political turmoil and economic mediocrity.The change of the times and the transformation of the international system and order are the root causes of turbulence in the contemporary world.People in the world do not want to go to a“new Cold War”,but it is diffi cult to return to the“old-day cooperation”.With the call for“cool war”and“cold peace”rising,the international order has entered an“era of uncertainty”.

A novel“Snowflake”--rGO-CuO for ultrasonic degradation of rhodamine and methyl orange

Graphene-doped CuO(rGO-CuO)nanocomposites with flower shapes were prepared by an improved solvothermal method.The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV–visible spectroscopy.The active species in the degradation reaction of rGO-CuO composites under ultrasonic irradiation were detected by electron paramagnetic resonance.On the basis of comparative experiments,the photodegradation mechanisms of two typical dyes,Rhodamine B(Rh B)and methyl orange(MO),were proposed.The results demonstrated that the doped CuO could improve the degradation efficiency.The catalytic degradation efficiency of rGO-CuO(2:1)to rhodamine B(RhB)and methyl orange(MO)reached 90%and 87%respectively,which were 2.1 times and 4.4 times of the reduced graphene oxide.Through the first-principles and other theories,we give the reasons for the enhanced catalytic performance of rGO-CuO:combined with internal and external factors,rGO-CuO under ultrasound could produce more hole and active sites that could interact with the OH·in pollutant molecules to achieve degradation.The rGO-CuO nanocomposite has a simple preparation process and low price,and has a high efficiency of degrading water pollution products and no secondary pollution products.It has a low-cost and high-efficiency application prospect in water pollution industrial production and life.

中国参与解决国际热点问题的理念、原则和实践

From launching the Global Security Initiative(GSI),to facilitating the resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran,to conducting shuttle diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine,China is playing an increasingly extensive part in resolving hotspot issues.The international community’s stream of high praise is in recognition of the country’s willingness to contribute Chinese wisdom,solutions and strength to global governance.While academic circles keeping track of China’s diplomatic practice note how it has been deftly evolving,the concomitant studies fall short of in-depth analysis and a thorough summary.

自信自立、开放包容、公道正义、合作共赢

The year 2023 was a year of progress and harvest for China’s diplomacy.Six highlights demonstrate distinct Chinese characteristics,style,and ethos,and speak to China’s enhanced international influence,stronger capacity to steer new endeavors,and greater moral appeal in the new era.In 2024,China’s diplomacy will focus on the theme of building a community with a shared future for mankind and comprehensively serve Chinese modernization as the top political priority of the new era,break new ground while upholding fundamental principles,bear in mind the big picture,and make new headway in major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.

欧盟在中美欧互动中的多重角色与中欧关系

In China-US-Europe interaction,the EU plays a threefold role of a stakeholder and power balancer,an informal ally,and an ambivalent partner.These roles interact and shape the EU’s unique identity and interest orientation.Facing fierce ChinaUS competition,the EU’s current strategy is to demonstrate its autonomy and independence,avoid choosing sides,and balance and mediate China-US relations.In strategizing its diplomacy toward Europe,China also needs to consider,as it sees fit,expanding its opening-up to Europe,deepen China-EU cooperation,and ensure that China-EU relations are more cooperative than competitive.

The Implications of Urbanization Processes in Developed Countries for Africa

Urbanization is the inevitable path of national economic development,and the level of urbanization development in most African countries is still low.By analyzing five typical developed countries in the United States,Britain,France,Germany,and Japan,this paper discusses the promoting factors and problems of the rapid urbanization development in their specific years,as well as the experiences and lessons that Africa can learn,so as to prevent Africa from taking the detour in the urbanization process of Western developed countries and promote the balanced regional development of various African countries.

Study of Canada’s Economic System from a System Thinking Perspective

This article analyzes Canada’s economic system from a systems thinking perspective.The content includes patterns of public choice(party system and power distribution),organizational framework of decision-making arrangements,information provision and coordination mechanisms,property rights system,incentive system,and welfare system.Canada’s economic system significantly influences the development of the Canadian economy,and its economic system arrangements hold reference significance for other developed and developing countries.

A Catalyst for Connected World

China’s Belt and Road Initiative serves as an antidote to deglobalisation.During the last 10 years there has been calls for deglobalisation and decoupling as means to curb the so-called unbalanced trade,rein in immigration,and mend inequalities of asset and wealth.Some consider the world to have entered a period of deglobalisation,citing recent events such as Brexit,Trumpism,Russia-Ukraine conflicts,problems with supply chains,global energy crisis and decline in foreign direct investment.

Chinese Culture and Its Implications for Foreign Policy-making

I.Introduction: Culture Matters Does culture matter? Some argue that culture does not matter because states and corporations only act in their own interests. Rationalist scholars, in particular, believe that egoism is the key to understanding human nature and state

Guangxi NGOs Committed to Promoting People-to-People Exchanges with Foreign Countries

In 2019,Guangxi’s Non-governmental Organizations actively engaged in the Belt and Road Initiative to promote closer people-to-people ties among countries along the Belt and Road.Guangxi NGO Network for International Exchanges(GNIE)and its members have taken solid steps to contribute to the building of the Belt and Road Initiative,China’s neighborhood diplomacy and Guangxi’s economic and social development.

New Changes in China's Foreign Policy Making in the New Era

New Challenges in the Area of China’s foreign policy making The world today is undergoing profound and complex changes,and the new international situation poses new challenges to China’s diplomatic work.In the double shadows of international economic crisis and neo-interventionism,the complicity of national security issues calls for interdepartmental coordination and

A Tentative Analysis of Soft Power and its Usage in US Foreign Policies

The term "soft power" is coined by a noted American scholar Joseph Nye. It means a nation's ability to get others to do what it wants without either coercive military or economic pressures, or material inducements. It is the attractiveness and seduction, the resources of which include culture, values, political ideas and policies. During the past two decades, the soft power concept has gained widespread acceptance and usage. In a global information age and in a multi-polarized world, the US government has all along attached much importance to the exercise of soft power in foreign policies. It goes to great lengths to advance its universal culture and values, promote public diplomacy, and shape the world order by helping establish the international institutions and norms. The US government draws on the resources of soft power to improve the national image and thus promote its popularity across the world with a view to serving the national interests. The idea of soft power improves the traditional concept of power, enriches the practice of the US diplomacy. However, we shouldn't fail to see that it is based on US superiority with the ultimate goal of achieving US hegemony. But still we can learn something from the concept and introduce it into our policies.

Anchor of Stability and Source of Prosperity:International Situation and Chinese Diplomacy 2022

The international situation continued to change in a complex way in 2022,with accelerating evolution of profound changes unseen in a century.Guided byXiJinpingThoughtonDiplomacy,China calmly met perplexing and profound changes in the international situation,appropriately handled new difficulties and new challenges coming its way,and creatively advanced major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.

当前国际战略安全形势的主要动向及突出特点

The international strategic security situation is in its most turbulent period since the end of the Cold War.The trend toward a multipolar world is deepening,and the power game between major countries is more intense than ever.The momentum of economic globalization has been severely hindered or even reversed.Europe is once again mired in war,and the Eurasian continent is beset by crises.Energy security,food security,and environmental security are intertwined,posing unprecedented challenges to mankind.The two major issues of global peace and development have become more prominent,and the world has once again come to a crossroads in history.

Effects and Dynamics of the Belt and Road Construction:During the COVID-19 Pandemic(2020-2022)

Under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,the development of the Belt and Road was faced with severe challenges,such as declining international trade,obstructed personnel exchanges,and volatile commodity prices,as well as competition and obstruction from the United States and other Western countries.In the face of difficulties,China maintained strategic resolve and firmly promoted high-quality development of the Belt and Road.During the epidemic,the construction of the Belt and Road made positive progress in policy communication,infrastructure connectivity,unimpeded trade,financial integration and people-to-people exchanges.

中国全球伙伴关系构建的多边主义转向

Developing global partnerships is an important focus for China’s diplomacy in the new era.1 President Xi Jinping proposed at the Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs in November 2014,“We should make more friends while abiding by the principle of non-alignment and build a global network of partnerships.”