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but also brought opportunity and welfare to the whole world. The most
remarkable point is that the whole process is done in a very short period of
time, and has not brought wars or conflicts to other countries. From daily
supplies to industrial fabrications, from UN peacekeeping operations to
a string of international summits, China is now an outstanding element
in international community, while the Chinese Mode has become a hot
topic around the world 13 . The basic experience and thinking of China
gives new-coming countries a revelation on how to set the priority of
domestic agenda, and on how to treat the relationship between external
experience and local care. The Chinese Mode also has a distinct influence
over how to counter such fundamental challenges in the world today
as war and peace, clash of civilizations, environment protection, and
so on. In this sense, the rise of China equals the rise of its political
soft power 14 . Of course, the comprehensive growth of China’s national
strength is constrained by some harsh problems in that the development
of soft and hard powers is imbalanced, that its limited influence does
not match its power, and that it lacks international discourse power 15 .
Thus, the construction of soft power has become the country’s overall
development strategy and an important part of China’s foreign policy. In
the coming ten years, China will keep improving quality of life at home
and image outside, attach greater emphasis on national governance, the
core values, and diplomatic relations, and thereby provide support to the
development of its comprehensive national strength.
Of course, China in the next ten years will be full of internal conflicts
and external complexities. Firstly, the rapid growth of national wealth
does not mean the overall progress of the entire social system. On the
contrary, the longtime focus on economic growth has led to a series of
problems like economic disparity, social imbalance, resource shortages,
and environmental degradation. Policy makers need to muster all their
political wisdom to prevent the escalation of these problems, which
are often the prelude to the eruption of social conflicts. Secondly, the
transition from charismatic leadership to technology-based leadership
will inevitably reduce the personal prestige of leaders and ideological
13 For foreign discussions on the Chinese Mode, see Tang Xiao, “European and American Media
on the Chinese Mode and Its Implications”, Foreign Affairs Review, N o 1, 2010.
14 Zhang Weiwei, China Touches the World, Beijing: Xinhua Publishing House. 2008, pp. 40-44.
15 Fang Hua, “A Summary of China’s Development of Soft Power in the Recent Ten Years”,
Contemporary International Relations, N o 1, 2009, pp. 57-58.
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