President Xi Jinping Promises To Support World Peace: China Against All Forms Of Hegemony And Power Politics

President of China Xi Jinping. (Wikimedia Commons/Palácio do Planalto)

JAKARTA - President Xi Jinping promised on Monday that China will always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation's increasing assertiveness globally.

The comments came after Taiwan said this month that military tensions with China were the worst in more than 40 years, amid growing concerns the Bamboo Curtain country might try to take back by military force the self-governing island it claims as its own.

In a speech marking the 50th anniversary of China's return to the United Nations, President Xi said China will always be the 'builder of world peace' and the protector of the international order," the Xinhua news agency said.

In 1971, the United Nations voted to recognize the People's Republic of China, removing Taiwan from the world body.

China has also staked its more assertive claims over disputed territory with India on the Himalayan border, with several Southeast Asian countries over the South China Sea and with Japan over several islands in the East China Sea.

"China resolutely opposes all forms of hegemony and power politics, unilateralism and protectionism," President Xi said, calling for greater global cooperation on issues such as regional conflicts, terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity and biosecurity. .

In addition, President Xi Jinping also urged all countries to promote the values of peace, development, justice, democracy, freedom, using the phrase "common values of all mankind" which he coined and first mentioned in a July speech for the anniversary. 100 years of ruling the Chinese Communist Party.