New Developments in China＇s Relations with Neighboring Countries.pdfVIP

New Developm entsin China’S Countries Chinahasvastlandandwaterter工．itoI．ies，with22，000km borderlineand 18，O00km coastalline．Bordering 14 countries， China isalSO acountrywi th themostneighboringcountriesin theworld．Harmonywi thneighborsleadstopeacefulsurrounding environment-- an importantprerequisite for Chinas dom estic economic building．Therefore，China always puts developing good—neighborlyrelationsasthepriorityofitsforeign policy．The firstgeneration leading collectivewith Mao Zedong asthe core and the second generation with Deng Xiaoping as the core attached great im portance to neighboring diplomacy and com m itted to building peaceful and stable surrounding environment．As a result，China has established diplomatic relations wi th most of the neighboring countries，developed good—neighborly relations and friendly cooperation，resolved border issues leftover from history and addressed the dual nationality problem ofoverseas Chinesewith SoutheastAsian countries，laying a solid basis ofr further development and enhna cement of the relationship between China and the neighboring countries．Thethird generation ofleadingcollective withJiangZem inasthecoreandthefourthgenerationofleading collective wi th Hu Jintao as Secretary —General have comprehensively inherited，enriched and developed the former SunXianghuaisPh．D candidateatSchoolofInternationalStudies，PekingUniversity CHINA INTERNATIONALSTUDIES ·November／December2010 61 SunXianghua twogenerations’thoughtand policy on neighboring diplom acy， andopenedupnew prospectsforChina’Sneighboringdiplomacy． Inthenew century，alongwiththeprofoundna dcomplexchange ofinternationalsituation，China has intensified the efforts011 neighboring diplomacy，and its relationship with neighboring countrieshasgainedconsiderableprogress． The governments of China and neighboring countries attach importna cetoandsparenoeffortinpromotingmutualre