2017年CRI 2016 - a year of notable achievements in China's diplomacy

2016 - a year of notable achievements in China's diplomacy¹

Through its "Belt and Road" initiative, the Chinese government has been able to expand transcontinental connectivity across Asia and Europe, offering investment opportunities in overseas construction and implementing² structural³ reforms to boost global economic growth.

2016 saw China taking an increasingly leading role in international affairs and governance.

In September, the country successfully hosted the annual G20 summit in Hangzhou, specifically inviting⁴ a number of emerging economies into the sessions to give a stronger voice to the developing world.

2016 also saw China ratify⁵ the Paris agreement on climate change, submitting its plan to the United Nations along with the United States.

While the two countries have had their differences on a number of issues, China and the U.S. have become global leaders in the fight to keep climate change in check.

This has helped solidify⁶ ties with the U.S. based on the new model of major-country relations.

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke⁷ highly of China's role on the world stage in his final news conference of 2016, in which he said that "no other bilateral⁸ relationship carries more significance than the U.S.-China relationship."

That sentiment has been echoed by Chinese Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai.

"China and the U.S. should be partners in cooperation, not adversaries⁹ in confrontation¹⁰. Both countries will stand to win if we cooperate with each other, and both will stand to lose if we have confrontation."

When it came to nuclear security, Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined its importance in April while attending the fourth Nuclear Summit in Washington, D.C.

Deputy Director of China's National Nuclear Security Technology Center, Yang Zhimin, says China has already developed joint¹¹ programs in the field with the U.S. and that similar plans are also in the works with other countries.

"We have designed training and exchange programs to take place this coming May, and we are going to open a training session on nuclear energy quality control and security with other Asia-Pacific countries."

On the contentious¹² issue of the South China Sea, China and the Philippines were able to put their differences aside in the latter half of the year, significantly dialing down the temperature in the hotly contested region.

In October, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the eighth annual BRICS summit in India, where he pledged China's continuing commitment to deepening cooperation with its four other partners in the grouping - namely Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.

"China is a staunch supporter and participant in the BRICS group, and sees BRICS cooperation as one of its diplomatic priorities. We believe that BRICS cooperation will promote world peace, stability and prosperity."

China now holds the rotating chair of BRICS this year.

1 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

3 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

4 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

5 ratify   

v.批准，认可，追认

参考例句：

• The heads of two governments met to ratify the peace treaty.两国政府首脑会晤批准和平条约。
• The agreement have to be ratify by the board.该协议必须由董事会批准。

6 solidify   

v.(使)凝固，(使)固化，(使)团结

参考例句：

• Opinion on this question began to solidify.对这个问题的意见开始具体化了。
• Water will solidify into ice if you freeze it.水冷冻会结冰。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

9 adversaries   

n.对手，敌手( adversary的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
• Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句

10 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

11 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

12 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。