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BEIJING. — In a flurry of diplomacy, a “Chinese whirlwind” created by a more confident and active diplomatic posture of the new Chinese leadership engrossed the world in 2014.
Given the leadership change in 2013 and the rejuvenation of reform, the word “eye-catching” best described China’s diplomacy that year.
In 2014, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, China had “a bumper harvest of diplomacy.”
With its agenda unfolding across the board and its global network of partnerships basically taking shape, China’s diplomacy, facing a new situation and new demands, has got off to a fruitful start.
One of the underlying reasons for the bumper harvest year was the confidence and a more active diplomatic posture shown by the new Chinese leadership.
With the commitment to regional and world stability and prosperity, the new Chinese leadership inherited the spirit of reform and a global vision.
During the past year, foreign visits paid by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang added up to 85 days in total, as they left footprints in about 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania.
The overseas trips by the Chinese leaders showed China’s commitment to pursuing peaceful development and win-win cooperation with other countries and the constructive role it plays in upholding peace, stability and development in Asia and the world at large.
“The quality of Chinese leaders has always been extremely high,” said former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in an interview with Xinhua.
“But each generation of Chinese leaders that I have met has reflected a different experience of the Chinese recent history.”
The “recent history” of China mentioned by Kissinger refers to China’s relentless efforts to realise the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation by accelerating the comprehensive reform and advancing rule of law in an all-round way.
Meanwhile, economic and political turbulence in the world in 2014 made the call for peace and development even stronger.
So was the call for co-operation and change and for building a community of shared destiny. — Xinhua.
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