Over the past decade, China has become increasingly central to the global economy and international politics. President Xi Jinping aims to establish China as both a regional and global power by 2050. While there is internal debate around China's international positioning and confrontational tone with the US, Xi believes he can realize these ambitions. He chaired a meeting in 2018 that reaffirmed China pursuing its own foreign policy and defining a "global community of common destiny." China's rise has been driven by economic reforms starting 40 years ago, and it is now a strong global player diplomatically and at institutions like the UN.
Over the past decade, China has become increasingly central to the global economy and international politics. President Xi Jinping aims to establish China as both a regional and global power by 2050. While there is internal debate around China's international positioning and confrontational tone with the US, Xi believes he can realize these ambitions. He chaired a meeting in 2018 that reaffirmed China pursuing its own foreign policy and defining a "global community of common destiny." China's rise has been driven by economic reforms starting 40 years ago, and it is now a strong global player diplomatically and at institutions like the UN.
Over the past decade, China has become increasingly central to the global economy and international politics. President Xi Jinping aims to establish China as both a regional and global power by 2050. While there is internal debate around China's international positioning and confrontational tone with the US, Xi believes he can realize these ambitions. He chaired a meeting in 2018 that reaffirmed China pursuing its own foreign policy and defining a "global community of common destiny." China's rise has been driven by economic reforms starting 40 years ago, and it is now a strong global player diplomatically and at institutions like the UN.
Over the past decade, China has become increasingly central to the global economy and international politics. President Xi Jinping aims to establish China as both a regional and global power by 2050. While there is internal debate around China's international positioning and confrontational tone with the US, Xi believes he can realize these ambitions. He chaired a meeting in 2018 that reaffirmed China pursuing its own foreign policy and defining a "global community of common destiny." China's rise has been driven by economic reforms starting 40 years ago, and it is now a strong global player diplomatically and at institutions like the UN.
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Over the past decade, China has become central to the
world economy. Building on its economic successes, it
is becoming increasingly central in world politics. China is also now more ambitious, aiming to establish itself as a regional as well as a global power. In his October 2017 report to the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Congress, President Xi Jinping stated that by 2050, China will have “become a global leader in terms of composite national strength and international influence.”1 Despite a growing internal debate about the country’s international positioning in the context of taking a confrontational tone with the United States, Xi believes he has the power to realize these ambitions. In June 2018, he chaired an important foreign policy meeting in Beijing, which reaffirmed the notions of a foreign policy with Chinese characteristics,2 “diplomacy of socialism with Chinese characteristics,”3 and redefined the concept of a “global community of common destiny.”4 Philippe Le Corre Philippe Le Corre is a nonresident senior fellow in the Europe and Asia Programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. @PHLECORRE
China’s rise has been driven by economic
development, starting with the launch almost exactly forty years ago of Deng Xiaoping’s Open Door policy, which made China the economic powerhouse it is today―not just domestically, but in most parts of the world. On the world stage, China has become a strong player in such institutions as the United Nations and the World Bank. It has developed strong bilateral relations with most countries around the world, with the exception of a handful of nations that still recognize Taiwan diplomatically. Globally, Chinese diplomats have been incredibly active, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) receiving a 15 percent budget increase in 2018 to help project Chinese diplomacy and soft power throughout the world. In the six years of President Xi’s rule, the MFA budget has jumped to 60 billion renminbi ($9.5 billion) from 30 billion renminbi in 2011.5
