Beijing to face global risks 'proactively'

BRUSSELS / LONDON - Beijing's leadership has signaled its desire for more "proactive" approaches to counteract global risks, while European experts say China will face profound challenges from abroad should the West continue to suffer from economic distress.

The analysts said the leadership, which concluded its annual decision-making plenary on Monday, has created a "strategic" shift to deal with "predictable and unpredictable" risks at home and overseas with hands-on approaches.

"However in practice, every single risk is too complicated and (tests) the core leadership and wisdom of China's high decision makers," said Men Jing, the Baillet-Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations at the College of Europe in Belgium, when commenting on China's diplomatic trends after the high-profile plenary.