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'Arrogance' label belongs on noisy Western pundits
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March 26, 2010, Friday
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IT is close-minded and amazingly audacious for some Western politicians and pundits to brand China with an "arrogance" label.
A well-known US scholar on strategic issues recently said China is displaying more defiance toward other countries, particularly the United States.
That's because, the scholar said, China holds the illusion that the United States is ebbing and global circumstances are turning in its favor. China's perception of foreign affairs may backfire and hurt itself, the scholar said.
Some other Western politicians and scholars hold similar views, which distort the rights and wrongs of the situation.
It is true that China has made extraordinary progress since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, especially after the reform and opening-up policy was adopted over 30 years ago.
However, China is still in the early stages of its modernization and far from being a land filled with milk and honey.
China's per capita gross domestic product in 2009, for instance, was about US$3,700, not even among the top 100 in the world.
Even if China completely accomplishes its modernization and becomes stronger, the country will continue to respect the sovereignty, culture, customs and development modes of other countries.
As a traditional peace-loving country, China suffered greatly at the hands of the world's big powers after 1840 when the Opium War was launched by British imperialists.
As a result of that experience, China is sensitive enough to avoid intervening in other countries' domestic affairs or harming their interests.
Constructive role
What China does now is simply to play a more constructive and noticeable role on the world stage in order to secure its national interests and help boost global development, peace and stability.
Alexander Lukin, a research fellow at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, told Xinhua that the independent, mild and active foreign policies abided by China play a positive role in world affairs.
China never imposes its development mode on other countries. China spares no effort in developing good relations with all countries including the United States and the European Union, Lukin said.
It is reasonable to think that some Western politicians and scholars have unleashed the "arrogance" charge in order to gain political capital and divert the eyes of complaining citizens in their countries from domestic to overseas issues.
A well-known US scholar on strategic issues recently said China is displaying more defiance toward other countries, particularly the United States.
That's because, the scholar said, China holds the illusion that the United States is ebbing and global circumstances are turning in its favor. China's perception of foreign affairs may backfire and hurt itself, the scholar said.
Some other Western politicians and scholars hold similar views, which distort the rights and wrongs of the situation.
It is true that China has made extraordinary progress since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, especially after the reform and opening-up policy was adopted over 30 years ago.
However, China is still in the early stages of its modernization and far from being a land filled with milk and honey.
China's per capita gross domestic product in 2009, for instance, was about US$3,700, not even among the top 100 in the world.
Even if China completely accomplishes its modernization and becomes stronger, the country will continue to respect the sovereignty, culture, customs and development modes of other countries.
As a traditional peace-loving country, China suffered greatly at the hands of the world's big powers after 1840 when the Opium War was launched by British imperialists.
As a result of that experience, China is sensitive enough to avoid intervening in other countries' domestic affairs or harming their interests.
Constructive role
What China does now is simply to play a more constructive and noticeable role on the world stage in order to secure its national interests and help boost global development, peace and stability.
Alexander Lukin, a research fellow at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, told Xinhua that the independent, mild and active foreign policies abided by China play a positive role in world affairs.
China never imposes its development mode on other countries. China spares no effort in developing good relations with all countries including the United States and the European Union, Lukin said.
It is reasonable to think that some Western politicians and scholars have unleashed the "arrogance" charge in order to gain political capital and divert the eyes of complaining citizens in their countries from domestic to overseas issues.
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