CHINA-LEADERSHIP: XI JINPING'S 'DIPLOMATIC THOUGHT'
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Study Times, the official newspaper of the Central Party School, on September 1, 2017, wrote that Xi Jinping’s “diplomatic thought” “innovates upon and transcends the past 300 years of traditional Western international relations theory.”
(Comment: Wang Yi is obviously hoping to ensure an appointment to an elevated position -- possibly replacing State Councillor Yang Jiechi -- with this laudatory reference to Xi Jinping. With Wang Yi’s words as the backdrop, Xi Jinping’s 2017 New Year’s Message where he declared: “Chinese people have always wanted to have a great harmony for the whole world as one family”, could imply he would like to replace the Westphalian system of sovereign states with tianxia’s orderliness.) |