China Ready to Assume World Leadership Role

[Jason]

CHINA COULD BE FORCED TO ASSUME WORLD LEADERSHIP: DIPLOMAT

China does not want world leadership but could be forced to assume that role if others step back from that position, a senior Chinese diplomat said Monday, after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to put "America first" in his first speech.

Zhang Jun, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's international economics department, made the comments during a briefing with foreign journalists to discuss President Xi Jinping's visit to Switzerland last week.

Topping the bill at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems.

Speaking days before Trump assumed the presidency, Xi also urged countries to resist isolationism, signaling Beijing's desire to play a bigger role on the global stage.

Elaborating on that theme, Zhang said China had no intention of seeking global leadership.

"If anyone were to say China is playing a leadership role in the world I would say it's not China rushing to the front but rather the front runners have stepped back leaving the place to China," Zhang said.

"If China is required to play that leadership role then China will assume its responsibilities," he added.

http://www.newsweek.com/china-zhang-jun ... ism-546853

[cronus]

There is a difference between being foxes in the chicken coop and being foxes having to manage one....even the Chinese have limits to the actual hard work they want to do.

[laklak]

Costs a lot of money to neuter all those feral cats, think of the savings.

[JimC]

Pax Chinensis...

[Svartalf]

Proper Latin would be Pax Sinica

[JimC]

... or Pax Cynical...