Envoy's vision in Die Welt
Editor's note: The interview of Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Hongbo published by the German newspaper Die Welt, including on its website, on Sept 22 and Oct 2, has drawn wide attention. Reproduced below is a translation.
Q: Mr Ambassador, this year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). China, a communist country, is now a world power. As China's ambassador to Germany, how could you articulate the present communism to the German people?
A: I would like to give my view first on what you mentioned as China is a world power. It is better to describe China as big rather than powerful. China, indeed, is a giant country in terms of its population size and vast national territory equivalent to the whole Europe. However, China is not very powerful. Why?
