World should not fear rise of China: Hu

[Prometheus]

Beijing: Allaying fears over rise of China as a major power, President Hu Jintao said his country's development was born of a strenuous and inclusive process and its people suffered much in modern history.

Speaking at the BRIC summit in Brazil Jintao told fellow leaders from Brazil, Russia and India China values peace and stability more than anything else.

China is the world's largest developing country and its development is a long and arduous task, official media here quoted Hu as saying.

"Our per capita GDP has just exceeded USD 3,000, trailing behind more than 100 countries. It is truly a heavy task to grow the economy and improve people's livelihood in China," he said.

"The scale and complexity of the challenges that we face in the course of development are unmatched anywhere else in the world and have been rarely seen in human history. We must make persistent efforts for a long time to come." Hu stressed that peaceful development is China's only and logical choice, saying it is Chinese people's long-cherished tradition to foster harmony and build amicable ties with neighbourss.

"The Chinese people suffered so much in modern history, and we therefore value peace, stability, harmony and freedom more than anything else," he said.

"A prosperous and growing China dedicated to peace and cooperation is willing and able to make new and even greater contribution to mankind's pursuit of peace and development," he said.

China's development is an inclusive, win-win process, he said adding that, "China pursues a win-win strategy of opening-up and seeks to promote common development of all countries through mutually-beneficial cooperation."

"China has taken an active part in the international cooperation to counter the global financial crisis ever since it broke out.

We have sent many trade and investment promotion missions and large procurement missions abroad," he said.

On the issue of trade balance, Hu said China has no intention to seek trade surplus.

"Quite the contrary, we have always placed high importance on achieving equilibrium in the balance of international payments in an effort to maintain macroeconomic stability."
Hu asks world not to fear rise of China as a major power

 

[sirius_reamus]

WITH POWER COMES MUCH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY.......I KNOW CHINA WILL DO GOOD......


COZ ONE GREAT PERSON FRM WEST SAID



"YES WE CAN"

 

[hillman32]

China is future.

I intend learning Chinese language soon.

All paths of prosperity leads to China.

 

[lhuang]

WITH POWER COMES MUCH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY.......I KNOW CHINA WILL DO GOOD......


COZ ONE GREAT PERSON FRM WEST SAID



"YES WE CAN"

Great? What's so great about him?

 

[Justin Joseph]

World will fear and should fear every dictator rule. china is not run by chinese but CPC.

 

[prototype]

world should not fear china,says who a dictator

 

[indushek]

Well lets be balanced the premiere is trying to allay these exact fears among neighbours and the rest of the world. I hope that this would be the truth because, in the past 100 years when west had risen over the east we had to witness 2 world wars, i hope we easterners would be more pragmatic and maintain peace and bring prosperity much needed to this world.

 

[faithfulguy]

WITH POWER COMES MUCH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY.......I KNOW CHINA WILL DO GOOD......


COZ ONE GREAT PERSON FRM WEST SAID



"YES WE CAN"

Don't tell me that you drink his cool-aid all the way in India.

I guess in a global village, cool-aid can be send to anywhere else in the world in such a short time that everyone can be infected.

 

[faithfulguy]

Great? What's so great about him?

He win the nobel peace prize without lift his finger. How many people in the nobel prize history win the award without done anything?

 

[faithfulguy]

Well lets be balanced the premiere is trying to allay these exact fears among neighbours and the rest of the world. I hope that this would be the truth because, in the past 100 years when west had risen over the east we had to witness 2 world wars, i hope we easterners would be more pragmatic and maintain peace and bring prosperity much needed to this world.

The rise started in the renassance. So its been 500-600 years. Even though the result affect only manifested in the past 200-300 years. Read "guns, germs and steels" by Jared Diamond. It talk about why the world was dominated by the west in the recent past.

 

[Hulk]

Just shows that China realizes that if they do not change countries will not support it. I can only see India China relationship growing stronger from here, China will realize importance of India, India already does.

 

[below_freezing]

despite radicals like Justin Joseph it is far better to the world as a whole for countries like China, India and Russia to rise than for western europe and especially the US. this is a movement away from the radical warlord faction in world politics.

although india has many problems if it came down to supporting india or the US i would support india.

 

[indushek]

despite radicals like Justin Joseph it is far better to the world as a whole for countries like China, India and Russia to rise than for western europe and especially the US. this is a movement away from the radical warlord faction in world politics.

although india has many problems if it came down to supporting india or the US i would support india.

Exactly sir my point is that we easterners should stick together, we may have differences but its better to be close to a neighbour than to a person far away .my philosophy may seem trivial to all but thats what i believe.

 

[applesauce]

World will fear and should fear every dictator rule. china is not run by chinese but CPC.

and the CPC is made up of chinese citizens, with very high percentage of support from the general public who can get things done and make everyone wealthier, now then same question i ask everyone else, whats ur problem with the Chinese "dictatorship" if the Chinese people don't have a problems with it?

 

[indushek]

The rise started in the renassance. So its been 500-600 years. Even though the result affect only manifested in the past 200-300 years. Read "guns, germs and steels" by Jared Diamond. It talk about why the world was dominated by the west in the recent past.

Well sir its true the change was started long time back, but as you pointed out the manifestations were evident particularly to us from 2-3 centuries only. My point is that though our eastern civilizations were well developed we lost our way in the middle and gave up the baton to westerners, time we pick it up back.