Peaceful rise calls for more engagement
WASHINGTON/BEIJING - Finding a way to balance the international community's expectation that China will play a bigger role in the world with the country's long-held noninterference policy will be the biggest task before Chinese foreign-policy-makers when they gather in Beijing this weekend.
During the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top diplomats, think tanks and cultural exchange experts will share ideas about China's changing role in the international community.
As China becomes the second-largest economy in the world, it will inevitably have more economic and political influence over other countries, especially in regions where China has large investments, such as Africa, the Middle East and South America.
