China should stop trying to prove the superiority of its political system, an intellectual says. Photo: EPA-EFE
China should stop trying to prove the superiority of its political system, an intellectual says. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-China rivalry: Beijing should stop picking ideological battles with Washington, academic says

  • Keeping ideology out of their disputes can ‘help avoid proxy wars’, Yan Xuetong, one of China’s leading international relations scholars, says
  • Chinese diplomats and officials should ‘have the awareness to respect other people’s political systems and suppress their arrogance’, he says

China should stop trying to prove the superiority of its political system, an intellectual says. Photo: EPA-EFE
China should stop trying to prove the superiority of its political system, an intellectual says. Photo: EPA-EFE
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