--Tan Zhong, Tenured Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Abstract

China was born a civilized country. During the two thousand years when it was a super power, China had never colonized or taken lands of other countries, but remained concentrated on its diverse yet unified internal affairs. It had been conquered several times in history but seldom invaded others; China has always emphasized peaceful means of running a country instead of through military strengths. In a word, the Chinese civilization has never been bellicose. Peace and harmony are what it cherishes most.

The period of People's Republic is the greatest time in Chinese history. In the sixty-odd years since its founding in 1949, the PRC abolished the exploitative class system, changed the ideology of lower classes, developed the country from an extremely poor and backward one, and ended thousands years of chaos and war. The three main engines that drove China's rise include its working people, unique leadership and fast growth. There still exists, however, some problems in China's development.

China hopes to share the Chinese Dream with the rest of the world. China welcomes peoples of other countries to China to enjoy the "dream culture". The Chinese Dream that is shared by China's 1.3 billion people includes "benefiting the whole world with an everlasting effect". China is looking to establish with the US a "new model of major-country relations" characterized by "no conflict or confrontation", "mutual respect" and "win-win cooperation"; China wishes to keep permanent peace and share in a common destiny with neighboring countries; China hopes to achieve common prosperity together with the rest of the world. China welcomes foreigners to take part in the Chinese Dream, as the Chinese people also dream the dreams of foreign countries. The Chinese Dream is one of uniting China and other countries to create a harmonious world. From this perspective, the Chinese Dream can be cherished by the whole world.

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