Looking ahead to Chinas diplomacy in second half of 2013

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EditedandtranslatedbyLiangJunTheG20summitwillbeheldinSt.Petersburg,RussiainearlySeptember,andChinesePresidentXiJinpingwillparticipateinthesummitforthefirsttime,attractingmediaattentionfromhomeandabroad.Withsummercomingtoanend,Chineseleadersareexpectedtostarttheiroverseastrips,andforeignleaderswillalsobevisitingChina.Lookingaheadtothesecondhalfofthisyear,thereismuchanticipationabouttheformthatChina"sdiplomacywilltake.ChinaandtheG20summitQuXing,headoftheInstituteofInternationalStudies,believestherearetwoissuesregardingChina"sparticipationintheforthcomingG20summit:oneishowChinesePresidentXiJinpingwillpresentthecountry"seconomicsituation,andtheotheriswhohewillmeetoutsideofthesummit"smainforums.AmidstdiplomaticdiscordbetweenRussiaandtheUnitedStates,theU.S.PresidentBarackObamahascanceledaplannedmeetinginMoscowwithhisRussiacounterpartVladimirPutin.AttentionisthereforefocusedonwhethertheChinesePresidentXiJinpingandtheU.S.PresidentObamawillholdabilateralmeetingduringthesummit.QuXingforecaststhetwoleaderswillmeet.HebelievesameetingbetweenXiandObamareflectsnotonlyhealthyinteractionbetweenChinaandothermajorpowers,butalsotheimportanceofSino-USrelations.XiJinpingisalsoexpectedtomeetwithsomeEuropeanheadsofstate,accordingtoQu.JinCanrong,deputyheadoftheInternationalStudiesCollegeofChina"sRenminUniversity,thinksaseriesofmeetingsofworldleaderswillbethefocusofChinesediplomacyduringthesecondhalfof2013.AftertheG20summit,XiisexpectedtoattendtheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)summit.Inaddition,inthemonthstocometherewillbetheAPECsummit,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyandaseriesofmeetingsofEastAsianleaders.Byconvention,theChineseleaderwillbepresentattheseevents.TheissueofhowtoaddressChina"sproposalstopushforwardtheinternationalorderinlinewiththeinterestsofdevelopingcountrieswillattractworldattention.China"sdiplomaticpathisclearInaperiodofonlyfivedaysfromAugust18toAugust22,worldleadersincludingKenyanPresidentUhuruKenyatta,NewZealandForeignMinisterMurrayMcCullyandArgentineVicePresidentAmadoBoudoumadeasuccessionofvisitstoChina.OnAugust25bothSingaporeanPrimeMinisterLeeHsienLoongandSerbianPresidentTomislavNikolicarrivedinChina.ItshouldbenotedthattheaboveleadersrepresentcountriescoveringAsia,Europe,Africa,AmericaandOceania.ManyaredevelopingnationswhichareremotefromChina.AnalystsbelievethatthisreflectsChina"sdiplomaticphilosophytomakefriends.FromQuXing"spointofview,thebroadframeworkofChina"sdiplomacyisinplace,withveryclearideasonhowthedetailshouldfollow.Basedontheirnewideas,Chineseleadershaveputforwardproposalsincludingthe『ChineseDream"andanewformofrelationsamongmajorpowers,whichprovideapathforthenextstepsinChina"sdiplomaticstrategy.MainchallengescomefromneighboringcountriesJinsaidthatChina"sdiplomacyisnowinaphaseofexpansion,andthatChinaneedstoincreasecommunicationtoreduceexternalresistance.AnalystsbelieveChinawillincreaseitseffortsintermsofrelationshipswithmajorpowers,inparticularSino-USrelations.DuringhisvisittoUnitedStatesthismonthChineseDefenseMinisterChangWanquanreachedconsensuswithU.S.SecretaryofDefenseChuckHagelonanumberofissues.LiHaidong,professorwithChinaForeignAffairsUniversity,thinksitcanbeexpectedthatSino-USmilitaryexchangesandcooperationwillcontinuetoprogress.LibelievesthatthemainchallengesforChinesediplomacystillcomefromneighboringcountries.ThecurrentsituationintheAsia-Pacificregioniscomplexandchallenging.China"sdiplomaticstrategyintheregionisimportant,evencritical,anditwillalsoprovideakeytesttothewisdomofthenewleadership.ReadtheChineseversion:G20峰會大幕將啟 下半年中國外交看點頻仍（Editor：LiangJun、Zhang Qian）Related readingChina joins global combat tax evasion efforts by signing Multilateral Tax ConventionInterpreting the eight issues of the G20 summitSino-Japanese meeting at G20 ruled outChina sees no basis for high-level talks with JapanChina-Japan bilateral meeting unlikely at G20 summitOpportunities in challengesDoes China lack "great diplomacy" strategy?Full coverageXi visits four nations and attend G20,SCO summitsWe Recommend

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