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Interview: China aims to reassure neighbors of its peaceful rise: scholar

Xinhua, September 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at the recent military parade in Beijing was aimed at reassuring in particular the neighboring countries that China's military and economic rise will not pose any threat to peace and stability of the Asian region, said an European observer.

"The speech symbolizes a certain continuity in China's foreign and security policy. This has been reflected by the fact that President Xi underlined that China will remain committed to its paradigm of 'peaceful development'," Anna Katharina Stahl, a research fellow with EU-China Research Center of the College of Europe, told Xinhua recently in an interview.

She pointed that the keynote speech by Xi at the parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing last week offered interesting insights into China's long-term position on international affairs.

Apart from China's stance at the peaceful development, Stahl underlined that Xi also recognized in the speech that "in the interest of peace, we need to foster a keen sense of a global community of shared future."

She noted that the speech was not only addressed to China's neighbors, but also to the broader international community. The Chinese leadership wants to show to its international partners that China continues to engage in international cooperation, she said.

The Chinese President stressed the role of the United Nations (UN) by stating: "All countries should jointly uphold the international order and system underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter".

"In this context, it is important to keep in mind China's growing support for UN peacekeeping operations, in particular in Africa," she said.

As the speech also referred to "a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation", Stahl said that this showed that the current Chinese leadership does not only want to engage with traditional partners of major powers, but is eager to build new types of South-South partnerships with other emerging countries. Endit