Persistent Objectives in China’s Foreign Policy

· PERSERVING SOVEREIGNTY

o THE FIVE PRINCIPLES

· MODERNIZING CHINA

o WEAKNESS VERSUS STATUS

o SELF-STRENTHENING AND NATIONAL POWER

o ACHIEVING “A PEACEFUL INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMETN”

· RECOGNITION OF CHINA AS A “BIG COUNTRY”

· BORDER SECURITY

o FRIENDLY STATES

o INSURANCE AGAINST ETHINIC NATIONALSIM

· NATIONAL UNIFICATION

· INDEPENDENCE: “LEANING TO ONE SIDE”; SELF-RELIANCE; COMBATTING “HEGEMONY”; “KEEPING THE INITIATIVE IN OUR OWN HANDS”

· PLAYING LEAD ROLE IN THIRD WORLD AFFAIRS (INTERMEDIATE ZONE)