What are the essential elements of Chinese Foreign Policy?

Question

Chinese Foreign Policy

Answer 1

1. a buffer zone for the core state - Tibet provides the buffer with India; Mongolia provides the buffer with much of Russia - relatively weak neighbors (Laos, for example) provide part of the buffer

2. all Chinese under one rule (includes Taiwan) - and international respect for the One China policy

3. trade surplus

4. leadership of the third world - friendship with African nations is part of this

5. respect from other nations and cultures (US, Japan) - includes Japanese admission of guilt for WWII actions