Diplomacy Through Shared Prosperity

Diplomacy Through Shared Prosperity

Chinese philosophy of international is different from the western philosophy. It put relationship at core not interest. China believes sharing prosperity would be key element of enhance international linkages and influence. It avoids interfering in internal affairs of other countries. In the pursuance of this objective, China has devised tool to share dividend of its development, which China achieved after the hard work of 4 four decades. There is no secret that China developed by adopting a stepwise approach, which can be best understood by studying by understanding the three principal contradictions given by Chairman Mao, Deng Xiaoping and President Xi Jinping. China’s international relation vision revolves around the core values of “development, security, national sovereignty and territorial integrity”. China has developed these core values by learning from the past. Besides, China believes in actions not talking. Thus, President Xi has launched many initiatives to share the prosperity including Belt and Road Initiative, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank etc. In this context, Pakistan being the old friend and iron brother should devise policies, which can help to extract benefits from these initiatives.