File photo of Chandran Nair, founder and CEO of the pan-Asia think thank Global Institute for Tomorrow.
Think tank founder expects greater role
for China in global stage after Congress
Chandran Nair, founder of an
Asia-based think tank, says he
hopes China will play a greater role
in helping the world develop better,
and ensure that the Chinese people
continue to prosper.
In an exclusive interview with China Daily,Chandran Nair, founder of an Asia-based think tank, said China has made a great achievement by lifting so many people out of poverty in recent years
He made the remarks on Wednesday, four days before the opening of
the 20th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China, a vital
meeting that will chart the country’s development path for the next
five years. The event will begin on
Sunday in Beijing.
In an exclusive interview with
China Daily, the Malaysian business
leader and founder of the Global
Institute for Tomorrow said China
has made a great achievement by
lifting so many people out of poverty in recent years.
He said he hopes the country can
continue the momentum and
announce new initiatives at the
milestone Congress to improve the
livelihood of Chinese people.
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He also called on the country to
be alert to the fast-changing international political landscape and
double its endeavors to showcase to
the world its contributions to protecting global order and driving
economic development.
Many countries, led by the West,
are using various means to draw
China into the ongoing tensions in
the world, such as the war in
Ukraine, as a major strategy to contain its development.
He said that some foreign politicians are still playing the “China
threat theory” card as a bargaining
chip in international relations. For
example, Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, recently revealed
her government’s intention to formally designate China as a “threat”
in the UK’s new foreign policy
Nair said the political stance shift
is ridiculous, but cautioned that
China should not ignore such a
development.
He suggested China continue
pursuing its nonalignment policy
and seek peaceful development,
while strengthening efforts to better demonstrate to the international community the country’s good
intentions, its benevolence, and its
great contribution to a peaceful
world order.
Nair said that in the age of information explosion, China is still
being misunderstood in many
ways. He encouraged more foreign
people to come to the nation after
the pandemic, especially to its
northwest regions, to experience
the country’s beauty, harmony,
coexistence, and great developments.
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An expatriate based mainly in
Hong Kong, Nair has visited many
provinces and regions on the Chinese mainland, including some
remote areas, and witnessed the
nation’s extraordinary developments in various fronts. After three
years of not being on the mainland,
he is desperate to set foot on the
vast land once again, he said.
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