Community Of Shared Future For Mankind Research Articles

Harmony in Confucian thought and building a community of shared future for mankind

A community of shared future for mankind (CSFM) is a new type of international system of win-win cooperation, the essence of which is to advocate for the creation of a harmonious human society. This political concept has many views coming from traditional Confucian thought, especially Confucian ideals of harmony. Interpreting CSFM from the perspective of harmony in Confucian thought can improve understandings of community and accordingly enhance its construction.

The Community of Shared Future for Mankind and China’s Legalist Turn in International Relations

Abstract The introduction presents China’s legalist turn in international relations against the background of the Trump administration’s backlash against international law and international organizations. The next section retraces the origins and evolution of the Community of Shared Future for Mankind (CSFM) up to its incorporation in the preamble to the Chinese Constitution. Section 3 examines the main tenets of the CSFM on the basis of XI Jinping’s writings with the visual aid of a “paifang” (“牌坊”). In this representation of a Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure, the “foundation” of the CSFM is, first, assimilated to China’s acknowledgement of the centrality of “interdependence” in the international community. Second, the “pillars” of the CSFM are identified as the goals of global peace, international common security, inclusive international development and international ecological civilization. Third, the “wooden beams” that bind the CSFM together are assimilated into the principles of sovereign equality, inter-civilizational dialogue and multilateralism, while the principle of “win-win” cooperation is represented as the CSFM’s “frontispiece”. The concluding section points to the benefits of China deepening its legalist approach to international relations as the most fitting companion to its grand strategy of “peaceful/development rise”.

A Sustainable Community of Shared Future for Mankind: Origin, Evolution and Philosophical Foundation

The Community of Shared Future for Mankind (CSFM) concept is a comprehensive Chinese proposal for a better future of mankind. In this article, we provide a comprehensive analysis of this concept by focusing on its origin, evolution and philosophical foundation. We show that the concept originated during the presidency of Hu Jintao, who initially used it for the domestic affairs of China. However, the usage of the concept was later extended from domestic to international affairs. Though Hu Jintao conceived the CSFM concept, it is president Xi Jinping who became its greatest advocate. We explore the CSFM concept’s development and evolution into one of the most influential, diverse and dominant concepts of international relations under president Xi. We argue that although CSFM concept is seen as a 21st century Chinese idea, the roots of the concept can be traced back to much earlier time in history. The concept is based on three major philosophical thoughts: Marxism, Confucianism and the philosophy of Mencius. We show that the CSFM concept is greatly influenced by Marx’s ideas such as the transformation of the world, the free association of producers, historical materialism and dialectics. We also point to a number of Confucian principles that are adopted by the CSFM concept. The CSFM concept not only adopts Confucian principles but also extends their scope from the individual level to international relations. Similarly, we also highlight that the CSFM concept is influenced by Mencius’ concepts such as universal brotherhood, responsibility towards the betterment of the world, humane governance, free trade, equal sharing of wealth and the conservation of natural resources.

Current status of international discourse of China aid project of schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar

Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has constantly innovated and developed its diplomatic concept, and proposed the important idea of the Community of Shared Future for Mankind (CSFM), which contributes a discourse system with Chinese characteristics to the world. It is indicated that discourse builds its subject and governs the subject's discourse practices, and the discourse subject strengthens and reiterates discourse rules in discourse practices. China aid project of schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar is a discourse subject of the CSFM discourse system. This paper analyzes the discourse status, discourse practices and the reiteration of discourse rules of China aid project of schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar.