Interaction with World Powers and Neighbors
The five United Nations Security Council permanent members and other major economic heavyweights are the most important movers and shakers in the world arena, and China's interactions with them could well decide many issues relating to peace and security.
After five years of deadlock, the relations between China and Japan have finally begun to thaw. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid an "ice melting" visit to Japan in April 2007, the first-ever tour by a Chinese premier in seven years. The two sides agreed to develop a "strategic and mutually reciprocal" relationship.
China's relationship status with the United States has upgraded from "stakeholder" to "constructive cooperator" as the two nations face common interests and challenges.
In the economic sphere, China has become Japan's biggest trading partner, and trade between the two countries exceeded 200 billion U.S. dollars last year. China-U.S. trade was worth more than 260 billion U.S. dollars in 2006 and is expected to rise to 300 billion U.S. dollars by 2010, according to Chinese statistics.
Trade and security cooperation is becoming the cornerstone for the relationship between China and the major powers, and a new aspect of China's diplomacy.
To resolve the rising number of trade disputes, China advocated strategic dialogues with the United States, Japan, India and Russia. China and the United States started their first economic dialogue in 2006.
To promote understanding and exchanges between the peoples, China has held a "year of culture" each with France, Italy and Russia.
"China has engaged in more interactions with the major powers, and its role in balancing the relationship among major powers cannot be neglected," says Jin Linbo, a researcher with China Institute of International Studies. (more)
Source: Xinhua
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