Saturday 6 February 2010


CHINESE FM HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF "A CHANGING CHINA IN A CHANGING WORLD"

Ban Wei, Zhang Wei

Xinhua, February 6, 2010

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi delivered a major foreign policy speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, saying that while focusing on its own peaceful development, China is undertaking more international responsibilities in a transforming and closely-linked world.

Addressing the Munich gathering of senior diplomats and security officials, Yang said that it is a strategic choice that China has made to "seek a peaceful international environment to develop ourselves and at the same time contribute to the cause of world peace through our own development."

Stressing that China is committed to a path of peaceful development, Yang said that a more developed China is an opportunity rather than a threat to the world.

"The argument that a strong nation is bound to seek hegemony finds no supporting case in China's history and goes against the will of the Chinese people," he said.

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