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 British Over the years, Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese government has been pursuing China acts like a mimosa that time has past.

problem is that with China's increased confidence, and from Southeast Asia to Africa and Latin America, driven by economic interests, China has further in-depth global affairs, China will become what kind of power it? And until last year was the world's second largest economy, Japan, the Chinese will not become America's shadow. With former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's words, the international order is returned to a more normal state, the world's second largest country is no longer a superpower,

in full swing this process may take 30 years or more. But even in the early stages of this process, we can depict the outline of China's foreign policy. Chinese President Hu Jintao last week found a very different between China and the U.S. is that China is unlikely to become a missionary country. The United States built on the basis of ideas and documents, together with its Christian roots, forming a strong missionary character. Whether the United States Constitution or its freedom, democracy and the advantages of free market ideology, the United States are a large number of discussion that it created a superior system.

contrast, the ideology of China's lack of such impulses. China does not lack the vision to use soft power. Confucius Institutes around the world is spreading the many Chinese, Chinese state media have stepped up efforts to spread China's view of the world. But fundamentally speaking, China's political system and its pragmatic mixed economy is not driven by ideology. They are just a means to achieve the ultimate goal, namely the establishment of a wealthy power. . Western China for Burma's generals and politicians are basically equal treatment was elected. The impact of China's domestic political agenda in other countries limited interest. However, with the interests of China and other countries more closely intertwined with China's preference for non-intervention will be limited. The initial test may come from the Sudan --- because of the thirst for oil. In other areas, if the Chinese community in Indonesia or Malaysia encountered violent opposition, what would happen? We are increasingly hard to imagine that China will ignore this.

Shell Asia Society, said other countries do not have to follow the example of the ideology of China, but they will have to demonstrate respect for the --- in the case will make the necessary concessions. China hopes to (The author is editor of the newspaper, David Pilling in Asia)