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2018 CHINA POSITION PAPER

West Valley High School

Heather Damario, heather.damario@k12northstar.org

 

The impending challenges created by an increasingly interconnected world have created substantial divisions between conflicting nations. As nations debate over who must take responsibility for such issues as global climate change and immigration, the international community becomes more fractured. As President Xi Jinping said at the UN Office in Geneva, “a country cannot have security while others are in turmoil, as threats facing other countries may haunt itself also; instead of tightening fences, one should extend a helping hand to them.” Therefore, it is crucial that the nations of the world point themselves in the direction of diplomacy, rather than the path of blame.

 

Famine, foreign occupation, and civil unrest are quickly becoming history as the nation moves to a firm position in global leadership. Historically, China has been impeded by its own isolationist policies. To ensure its position as global leader, these policies were completely removed from the Chinese agenda within the 20th and 21st centuries. China’s rapid industrial growth after World War 2 was fueled by nonrenewable energy, just as many of the nations of the time used nonrenewable energy. Now China is taking huge leaps to become the global leader in clean energy. China produces roughly two thirds of the worlds solar panels and half the world's wind turbines. Steps such as these allow China to move away from its past and into a brighter future. As we work together over the next few days, China recommends that the General Assembly proceeds with these priorities in mind: national sovereignty, peaceful dialogue, and economic development.

 

First, national sovereignty must always be considered in future discussions. The United Nations exists to discuss actions between nations, not to meddle in the private business of individual nations. Governing such a large population as that of China presents enormous challenges that China has taken time to overcome. China has overcome its internal conflicts with minimal interference from foreign nations. Historically, international meddling in China, such as the Opium Wars and Japanese occupation, has only weakened the nation. It should be the mission of all nations to exhaust all forms of diplomatic pressure before resorting to military force.

 

Second, peaceful dialogue must be a priority in resolving conflicts of any nature. Reconciliation are only possible in the presence of trust, and trust can only be built when violence ends. For this reason, China urges all nations involved in armed conflict to cease-fire, so that the peace-building process can begin. Compliance with United Nations economic sanctions is key to subduing the various aggressive policies of member nations around the world. In light of recent aggression by the DPRK, China has relaxed its long standing bond to the DPRK in favor of cooperating with the global community to deter such aggression.

 

Third, economic development will be the key to creating international peace and order. Bringing underdeveloped nations into the fold of modern neoliberal policies like free trade and open markets will be beneficial to all nations, developed and otherwise. China’s surge in economic development since the early 1980s provides an excellent model for low and middle class nations.   Developing nations around the would greatly benefit from the adoption of proven models of central economic planning that has propelled China’s economy from a simple agrarian society to a leading industrial powerhouse. China took on market-oriented economic development in the 20th century to become a competitive global economy, quadrupling its output from 1978 to 2000. And the nation only continues to grow.As the world strengthens its trade policies, it's also important to note the prevalence of fraud in the marketplace and piracy on the high sea. While China seeks to strengthen its economic bonds with other nations, we will not stand for such criminal activity. We will protect our merchants and citizens, wherever they are.

 

When the PRC joined the security council in 1971, they agreed to represent the interest of true China and strengthen the Long Peace set after the Second World War. As the most populous country on the planet, China knows the difficulties of promoting agreement between so many people. China’s productive diplomatic influence on its neighboring countries is well known and tested by recent events. Despite our diverse interests and needs, positive collaboration is more than possible, both today and tomorrow.

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