Xi’s Message of Peace:
Competition among major countries is not the theme of this era and does not solve the problems faced by China, the U.S., and the world, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden.
Planet Earth is big enough for both China and the U.S. to succeed, Xi said, adding that one country’s success is an opportunity for the other.
Xi said he looks forward to an in-depth exchange of views with President Biden on major strategic, overall and directional issues related to China-U.S relations and world peace and development, and reaching a new consensus.
That has always been China’s position regarding exporting ideology. They’ve generally been of the mind that every state needs to come to their own revolution. It’s a reason they are always so explicit about “Socialism with Chinese characteristics”.
While part of me does selfishly wish there were states a bit more proactive about facilitating socialism, the position makes absolute sense. If we look at the AES states today, none of them have exactly the same structures in place. I don’t think Chinese socialism would work in Cuba, or Cuban socialism in Vietnam.
I organise as well as I am able to help bring about “socialism with Japanese characteristics”, and hopefully we get there someday. I believe all states will, if not necessarily in our own lifetimes.