Patterns of international governance in the Arctic and China's approach

The process of rapid change in the Arctic is creating both opportunities and challenges. This paper highlights interactions between different actors in the Arctic in response to multidimensional environmental, political, commercial, and human challenges. It shows that international governance in the Arctic can be characterized by global, multilateral, and regional patterns derived from different mechanisms such as the Arctic Council or the Ilulissat declaration platform, and these interactions are based on common acknowledgment of challenges, mutual interests, and coordinated actions. The paper also examines China＇s participation in international governance in the Arctic. Distinguish from non-Arctic states in a general sense, China as an important stakeholder has both the rights and the capacity to be engaged in multilevel governance patterns. The substantive contribution of China＇s participation--an explorer in scientific cooperation, a pioneer promoting environmental protection, a potential consumer and investor in relation to economic opportunities, and a promoter of local development^are deeply interdepended with the future of development of three ~overnance patterns relatin~ to international ~overnance in the Arctic.

GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PATH SELECTION

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a trend of rapid spreading all over the world,having complex bearings on world economic,political and social stability.Particularly,the epidemic is spreading to developing countries,which may lead to global cross dissemination of the novel coronavirus,wreaking havoc for human society.As such,it is necessary for the international community to correctly recognize the opportunities and challenges of globalization,promote the construction of an“orderly globalization”and a modernized global governance system,adhere to multilateralism,improve global governance capacity and further promote the building of a community with a share future for humanity while enhancing international cooperation against COVID-19 epidemic.

中国对外开放新格局与共建“一带一路”高质量发展

Since its inception in the late 1970s,the reform and opening-up has provided enormous momentum for China’s economic development.Meanwhile,the global economy has been in the doldrums since the second decade of the 21st century.To address the stagnation problem as well as the fragmentation and exclusivity challenges in international cooperation for the effective allocation of global resources and the common development of China and regional developing countries,Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)during his visit to Kazakhstan and Indonesia in 2013.

Building China-Latin America Digital Silk Road: Challenges and Roadmap

The digital economy1 is becoming one of the driving forces for global economic development, drawing wide attention of nations across the world. At the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in May 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping initiated the Digital Silk Road and called on countries to "pursue innovation-driven development and intensify cooperation in frontier areas such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and quantum computing, and advance the development of big data.

Global Governance of New Frontiers： China＇s Perspective

The new frontiers for global governance serve as a new stage for international competition and cooperation. By playing a successful role in the governance of these new frontiers, China can facilitate the establishing of a community of shared future for all mankind.

创新伙伴关系:打造全球伙伴关系的新增长点

In recent years,innovation has played an important role in China’s process of building a global partnership network.Since 2013,China has established an“innovative strategic partnership”with Switzerland,1 and an“innovative comprehensive partnership”with Israel.2 China have jointly proposed an“innovative partnership of mutual benefit”with Germany,3 a“China-UK innovative partnership”with the United Kingdom,4 and a“future-oriented new-type cooperative partnership”with Finland.5 Portugal,Spain,Czechia,Russia,Brazil,the United Arab Emirates,and Singapore have also actively responded to China’s offer to initiate innovation-centered cooperation,highlighting various elements of innovation in each of their joint statements on partnership.By focusing on innovative cooperation,China promotes the establishment of more equal and balanced partnership,and enriches the connotations of a global network of partnerships.

East Asian Economic Integration under the US Protectionist Trade Policy

In pursuit of“America First,”the Trump administration has adopted a protectionist trade policy in an attempt to strengthen the competitive advantage of US companies,and has invoked domestic law to impose tariffs on trading partners,with the intent of forcing other countries to adjust their trade policies in a direction more favorable to the US.

Toward Paris:China and climate change negotiations

This article explains the challenges and evolution of climate change governance by linking governance and diplomacy. The challenges of climate change involve not only international competition for new energy but also related adjustments of global governance in this area. To be specific, the carbon emission reductions are still problematic, and negotiations surrounding financing mechanisms between developed and developing countries hang in doubt. Furthermore, the attitude of the two sides toward CBDRs(common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities) and INDCs(intended nationally determined contributions) is disparate. Finally, this article outlines some diplomatic policies for China's future developmental trend.

China-US Cybersecurity Dilemma and Its Impacts

The interaction between China and the US over cybersecurity has plunged into mutual opposition,causing a dilemma of cybersecurity cooperation and negatively impacting China-US relations.A more negative attitude of US society to China supports policymakers in their assertive anti-China concept of security.Because this situation will prevail and will further aggravate competition,repositioning China-US cyber relations and maintaining its stability is of great significance for the two sides to avoid conflicts,build trust,and explore limited cyber cooperation.

The Trump Administration's Policy toward the United Nations

Sinternational institutions, saying that "we can only realize the promSince Donald Trump took office, a far-reaching revision of US policy instruments toward the United Nations has been underway, replacing the "assertive multilateralism"1 approach of the Obama era. On the one hand, the Trump administration has taken a series of drastic measures against international institutions, especially the UN.

改革开放40年中国外交理论建设（英文）

Over the four decades of reform and opening-up, China has accumulated rich practical experience in diplomacy and achieved significant results in theoretical construction. With unprecedented opportunities and increasingly severe challenges, China's diplomacy must improve practical and theoretical consciousness and foster stronger confidence to break new ground and promote the cause of world peace and development.

拜登政府的关键矿产战略

Critical minerals closely relate to the economic,environmental,defense,and intergenerational resources security of the US and are therefore infuential in US economic recovery,industrial restructuring,scientifc and technological competition,national security,and strategy toward China.Since the Obama administration,the US has been increasingly focusing on its critical minerals strategy,as illustrated by its issuance of a series of related laws and executive orders and its eforts to advance the reform of relevant agencies.The Biden administration has increased the emphasis on supply chains for critical minerals that are vital to green and lowcarbon development and pushed for more coordination among government departments and agencies.Perceiving China as a competitor to the US,Joe Biden has announced large-scale investment and procurement measures at home and promoted institutional building in concerned sectors as part of efforts to counter China’s competitive advantages.Simultaneously,he has been developing a security strategy of and advocating supply chain alliances for critical minerals based on US allies.The critical minerals strategy of the Biden administration will greatly influence the stable development of China’s supply chains.In response,China should focus on forging a new type of international relations,with an aim to promote global resource governance and ensure the sustained security of its critical mineral supplies.

ASEAN Centrality in Regional Cooperation： Status Quo and Challenges

The ASEAN centrality is the result of long-term interaction between ASEAN and other countries in East Asian cooperation and other countries5 recognition of ASEANs role. China supports ASEANs central role and takes into account its interests and concerns in bilateral relations.

Constructing Discourse Power in Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics： Mission and Challenges

As China enjoys an increasingly higher status and influence in global affairs, it is important that China deepen its diplomatic discourse with Chinese characteristics and strengthen the construction of the system for conducting its diplomatic discourse.

多边主义与中国的联合国外交

As the competition between multilateralism and unilateralism intensifies,safeguarding multilateralism has become urgent if we are to stabilize the post-war international order and improve global governance.Upholding multilateralism as an overarching principle of its foreign policy,China’s active position in this regard has won worldwide endorsement.As Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said,“China has been a pillar of the multilateral system.”

China-Nordic Blue Economic Passage: Basis, Challenges and Paths

In June 2017,the Chinese government issued the Vision for Maritime Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),which is the first systematic proposal containing ideas and blueprints for promoting maritime cooperation within the BRI framework.The Vision suggested focusing on the construction of three blue economic passages.

国际数字经济竞争新态势与中国的应对

In today’s world,the evolving scientific and technological revolution and the flourishing digital economy are profoundly changing the way of production and life,with far-reaching effects on the economic and social development of countries and the global governance system.The digital economy and the subsequent changes in the international division of labor are reshaping the original global value chains and redefining the competitive advantages of countries,which bring new opportunities and challenges to the economic development of countries around the world.The study of the new competitive situation in the international digital economy and the actions of developed economies provide a practical reference for China to better cope with the new round of international economic competition.

俄罗斯对欧政策调整:内涵及影响因素

Transatlantic relations have initially warmed up after President Joe Biden took office,while a series of incidents such as the Russia-Ukraine border confrontation and escalating tensions in the Black Sea region have contributed to a further downturn in Russia-European Union relations.

疫情和当代国际关系互动初探

Since the winter of 2019,the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)has lashed China and is now still ravaging the rest of the world.It has not only seriously threatened human life but also severely impacted the world economy and international relations.Following the pandemic,global affairs as well as state-to-state relationships are witnessing major,even qualitative,changes.As institutional construction and mechanism building in areas such as public health,economy,science and technology,politics and security in regions across the world usher in a new period,human society as a whole will eventually withstand the tough test and advance towards a better tomorrow.

中国外交70年：实践创新和理论建设（英文）

The People’s Republic of China(PRC)has made remarkable achievements over the past 70 years and its diplomacy has made continuous innovations in practice and in its theoretical construction.Summarizing China’s diplomacy over the past seven decades in a scientific and objective manner and looking forward to the future can help lay a solid foundation for China’s diplomacy in what is a crucial time of opportunity for the Chinese nation to realize its great rejuvenation.