December 2, 2014

"China must establish "big country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics", Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech that laid out his goals for making the nation a major strategic power, a further sign he's jettisoned a longstanding policy to limit involvement in foreign affairs.

The Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs, the Communist Party's highest-level meeting on foreign relations, sought to establish "the guidelines, basic principles, strategic goals and major mission of China's diplomacy in the new era", the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Foreign relations under his leadership should bear "distinctive Chinese style, Chinese manner and Chinese attitude", Mr Xi was quoted by Xinhua as saying at the meeting last weekend."

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