MartinJacquesonChinesepathofdevelopmentanditsglobalsignificance_GuangmingOnlineInterviewSeries:CommunitywithaSharedFutureforMankindEP12:MartinJacquesonChinesepathofdevelopmentanditsglobalsignificanceQ1:ThedevelopmentofChinamaybeseenasathreattosomeWesterncountriesliketheUnitedStates.The2022USNationalSecurityStrategyrecognizesChinaas“America'smostconsequentialgeologicalchallenge”and“theonlycompetitorwithboththeintenttoreshapetheinternationalorderandincreasinglypowertodoit”.HowdoyoucommentontheUSstrategiesandhowdoyouviewChina’sdevelopment?MartinJacques:ThisisthenewAmericanforeignpolicy.UnitedStateshasdecidedthattheriseofChinaisathreattoitspositionontheworld.Ithinkthisisaverybadturn.China’srisemeanchangesintheinternationalorder,andthatisinevitable.Buttherenointernationalorderthathaseverbeenfrozen.Andtodayandtomorrowarenoexceptiontothis.Thisisthesituation.Infact,China’sbeenextraordinary,whatwesay,patientandcalmaboutitstransformation.Imean,unliketheriseofAmericaortheriseofBritain,ortheriseofFrance,ortheriseofGermany,ortheriseItaly,orwhatever,wherewhichledtoinvasions,occupationsandsoon,China’snoneofthem.So,Chinaisbeingverypeacefulinitsapproachtothesethings.Q2:WhatcanothercountrieslearnfromChinesepathtomodernization?WhatcantheybenefitfromthecooperationwithChina?MartinJacques:We’veseeninthepastwhatChinesemodernizationismeantforChina.Andintermsofwhatitofferedtoothercountries,theveryfactthatChinaiswhatitisnowhasenabledChinatobeveryimportantassistingthedevelopmentofothercountries,which,ifithadn'ttransformeditself,wouldnothavebeenpossible.ThekindmodernizationthatChinawillembarkoninthefutureisgoingtobeacrossamuchwiderrangeofareasthatChinaisgoingtobethinkingintheseterms.Andnowwe'vegottoapointwhereChinaisgoingtobeaveryimportantsourceofideasforthemodernizationoflotsofcountries.IthinkBeltandRoadisactuallyoneofthemostinterestinginitiativeintermsofthewayinwhich,kindofinternationalagreementswecouldhave,andhowtheyhelpthedevelopingcountries.AndyoucantellfromtheresponseofBeltandRoad.Idon'tknowwhatthelatestfigureis,butsomethinglike140countries,thereareonlyaboutlessthan200countriesintheworld,havesignedagreementsunderBeltandRoad.Sotheappealofitisenormous.Q3:WhatdoyouthinkofChina’svisionofacommunitywithsharedfutureformankind?HowisChinacarryingoutthisconcept?MartinJacques:Theimportanceofthisideaisthattheresolutionofsomeofthemostimportantproblemsoftheworldrequiresthecooperationnotjustofoneortwocountries,butarangeofcountries.Anditoffersawayoflookingatinternationalrelationsinamoredynamicandusefulfashion.ThebestexampleofsharedfutureformankindcanbefoundintheBeltandRoadInitiative,theideaofwhichistotransformtheeconomicconditionofEurasiabymeansofinvestmentininfrastructure.Therearemanyotherexamples.Inthelongrun,aclassicexampleisgoingtobefightagainstclimatechange.Becausethiscanonlyberesolvedbythecooperationofthewholeofhumanity,notjustgovernments,butatalllevelsofsociety.Theideaofasharedfuturefrommankindisexpressedveryobviouslyinthedemandsoffightingglobalwarming.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.