The minimum you must know

The People's Republic of China and President Xi Jinping are often the foremost leaders on peace at the United Nations. That may sound like hyperbole but is not. China is consistently a thoughtful voice of reason in global relations. When conflicts break out virtually anywhere, their prompt and persistent insistence on peace is exemplary. Through his words and example, President Xi earned more than just devotion within China (where he became viewed as irreplaceable). Throughout uncertain times, he steadily created great relations with heads of state on all sides by helping them a lot. The Chinese government demonstrated that their only prerequisite for improving relations is a genuine desire for peace and cooperation.

You can also learn about the peaceful foreign policy of China from the

State Councilor & Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr. Wang Yi

China is the largest country in the world with well over 1.3 billion people. China may surpass the United States as the largest economy in the world. Currently hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens (almost as numerous as the population of the United States) are achieving living standards similar to those in NATO countries. And there are seventeen modern cities as populous as the largest ones in America. There is much less absolute poverty in them than in NATO cities. But Chinese settlers do sometimes sacrifice their rural socialist support to participate in urban capitalist areas for the first time.

China’s economy and system of government are much more similar to ones in NATO states than is presently acknowledged by them. China is sometimes described by western media as totalitarian because there are no term limits there. But China‘s system of government is similar in many respects to the British parliamentary one perhaps because Europeans once settled there. And capitalism has gradually been replacing socialism. The most important differences are that the majority of China's population - over seven hundred million people - depend upon the government for basic necessities and consequently socialist support, which are provided generously. (The Chinese government can’t bear to stop helping their own people that way, and understandably reassures their population that they will continue to enjoy socialist economic security.) There are vast open areas in China where farmers still benefit a lot from government support. And new participants in developing capitalist cities do as well. China is also geographically close to emerging countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq, which responded to NATO incursions with exoduses of “refugees” including into China. So there are lot of people depending upon socialism there.

The Chinese government returns some immigrants to departure countries but mostly supports them very compassionately. The country doesn’t need to deter immigration very much. The media globally does that job for the Chinese government by perpetuating a formidable image of the government and nation. There is a very incorrect perception of the ethics and integrity of China in some NATO states. The truth is that China has saved more lives and very ethically provided basic necessities to more people than virtually any other country on earth. China also rapidly gains alliances throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America by nearly giving them roads, utilities and ports in a “Belt and Road” initiative. (Few countries are competing with this expansion of influence because very few behave as compassionately to initially non-aligned nations.)

China provides enough socialist support to Chinese citizens that there is deep, continuously growing and almost cultural support for President Xi. And China’s generous foreign policy is guaranteeing the country’s standing globally. President Xi is very popular with every head of state who gives China a chance. When China has the opportunity to help a little, China goes all out to help a lot instead, as though motivated by a selfish benefit from generosity. That’s a very advanced way to govern. President Xi may very well rule China for the rest of his life as a result.

China’s internal and external communication is exemplary. China exerts greater control over its publications than most countries. But the influence Chinese media has exerted on their population has also been far more ethical. Chinese media currently has - and has long had - one of the most peaceful and friendly word frequencies of any country. This may be contributing immeasurably to the comparative peacefulness of Chinese streets. President Xi’s administration goes to great lengths to pattern “peace” in the media to people globally. China, for instance, organized an absolutely incredible Olympic peace treaty that became a centerpiece of state communication when they hosted the sporting event. They did something very remarkable and convinced almost every country at the United Nations - including close to a hundred nation states - to agree to peace with one another (well before NATO news started patterning that possibility). That was brilliantly ethical global communication and leadership. China was also one of the first countries to increase the frequency with which the words “peace” and “love” appeared in their rhetoric. This is consistent with China’s sate doctrine of peace. This may explain why the Chinese government increasingly enjoys support from far more than just state press in mainland China. The government is increasingly supported by the main stream media globally as well. (China may very well improve relations with all countries globally, and benevolently solidify the one China policy with Hong Kong and Taiwan.)

Western countries sometimes urge the Chinese government to provide the Chinese people with the same first amendment acceptance of religions enjoyed in Europe and the United States. And socialism with Chinese characteristics traditionally has not included foreign philosophies. But recently the Catholic Church has been gaining acceptance in China because of the Church’s shared commitment with the Chinese government to peace. The Vatican has been making a weekly and sometimes even daily effort for peace under current Pope Francis’ leadership, such as for Ukraine and Russia, which is likely to be appreciated by the Chinese government.

The Chinese people integrate very peacefully and successfully into other peace-loving countries globally. The country is one of the most intellectually advanced United Nations member states, and has one of the best work ethics. China’s trading partners often benefit more than China does from trading relations as a result. There are also enough extraordinary Chinese people that multinational corporations can’t possibly run out of them. This benefits China’s trading partners with limited populations a lot.

China’s further integration into the global economy benefits all countries, by allowing the Chinese government to maintain the peaceful stability of its vast population. That peacefulness and stability is important to all nations. President Xi needs and hopefully can count on continued support from aligned and non-aligned peace-loving governments to encourage greater market participation for over a billion peacefully influenced people.

China is traditionally a communist country. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is respected for providing for an extraordinarily vast population. However, China is becoming very democratic and capitalist within select modern regions. Although Beijing has ultimate say, and the population prefers their socialist safety net and meritocracy, there is voting in many regions of China exactly the way there is in Europe, where leadership is directly chosen by the people. U.S. and European capitalism has been spreading throughout the country as a primary economic system (though socialism is arguably more successful for industries run exceedingly well be the state). China does not impose socialisms on others. In fact China steadfastly supports democratic elections at the United Nations and as the primary method of choosing governments in other countries.

China is obviously compatible with and ready for improving relations with the United States and Europe. And China enjoys peace and improving relations with all border nations.

There is bipartisan support for improving relations with China because of a helpful attitude from China towards the United States for many years now. Russia would not have helped the United States without encouragement from China. Perhaps President Biden’s foreign policy correctly reflected this attitude. He went out of his way at a G20 to say that he doesn’t want to contain China. In fact, he wants China to become even more successful. President Trump was completely and entirely exonerated of events during President Biden’s administration that were clearly no one’s intentional fault. Most leading republicans support improving U.S.-Chinese foreign relations as a result.

President Trump is expected to be a tough trade negotiator, as we saw during presentations from the World Wrestling Federation chairman in 2024. And the perception of “rough and tumble” negotiations may become repeated by the media. Clearly President Trump plans to protect the interests of the population including his constituency during trade talks. But the truth is that President Trump has good reasons to deeply appreciate the helpful attitude of the Chinese government towards the United States government during President Biden’s term in office, because it was important to absolving the Trump administration, and allowing President Trump to return to office. China presumably can anticipate very fair treatment from the United States as a result. And that’s what seems to be developing. President Trump showed tremendous sensitivity to China in choosing J.D. and Usha Vance to lead his administration. J.D. Vance is second in the chain of command of the United States of America. The Vances are exceedingly well educated. J.D. Vance was on the Senate Commerce, Science and Travel committees. And Usha Vance has a deep understanding of China. She was not only a Yale-China Teaching Fellow at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. She speaks Chinese fluently. The Vances are very helpful for improving U.S.-Chinese relations as a result.

President Trump’s newspaper Newsmax, which is doing an absolutely extraordinary job that’s very optimistic for the future of U.S. communication (for instance with similarly ethical linguistics as Chinese newspapers), set expectations in December 2024 as follows. “Trump [may] impose… a 25% tax on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China, as one of his first executive orders.” Clearly the global economy can grow faster than ever before - including for the trade peace loving and genuinely friendly U.S. and Chinese nations.

Americans contributed tremendous creativity to improving U.S. public safety. But the U.S. also benefitted from a phenomenal attitude and know-how from Russia and China. Very dramatic society-wide safety improvements are very important to both Biden and Trump administrations. President Xi approached U.S. relations in a way that inclined both the Biden and Trump administrations towards close friendships with his government and improving relations. China has done everything right from the perspective of all political sides in the United States to deserve substantially better U.S. - China relations.

Although the United States government plans to address its debt burden partly through trade tariffs, and plans “rough and tumble” trade negotiations with China as a result, clearly the United States and China both also benefit tremendously from increasing trade with each other. (This is taught in econometric courses as the rule of “comparative advantage,” which shows how any two countries mathematically benefit from increasing trade with each other.) This writer believes there are almost exclusively benefits to further international integration of the NATO and Chinese populations as a result. There was exemplary Chinese-U.S. diplomacy for peace between Presidents Xi and President Biden, and their chief diplomats Premier Li Qiang and Secretary of State Blinken. They created the best relationship in the history of the countries when many were expecting the opposite. This also follows upon a series of successful meetings between the heroic Treasury Secretaries Janet Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng, who deserve tremendous credit for their courageous leadership.

There is also reportedly a great and improving relationship between the Chinese and NATO militaries, which are increasingly viewing each other cooperatively. Chinese communication barely deters, and is continuously encouraging open channels of communication and mutual understanding. (Communication teams on all sides have contributed a lot to mutual understanding developing.)

President Xi's exemplary diplomacy on peace with all countries convinced NATO General Secretary Stoltenberg to reciprocally desire a completely peaceful relationship with China. The extraordinary peace that developed hasn’t been covered by United States and European media very much. President Xi and General Secretary Stoltenberg's extraordinary leadership on peace is benefiting all people globally nevertheless.

In conclusion, the Chinese government has demonstrated remarkable integrity. NATO governments are consequently right to benefit from improving relationships with China. The U.S. and Chinese populations can gain a lot from further integration. Consequently, in this writer’s opinion, the U.S. and European press should encourage peaceful and optimistic diplomacy.