In October 2017, Xi Jinping unveiled 14 new fundamental principles that ‘underpin the endeavours to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era’.
The 13th principle was declared to be ‘promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind’. This phrase, and its alternative translation, ‘community of shared destiny’, seems vague to foreigners but it may signal the Chinese leadership’s more ambitious approach to foreign policy and global governance.
The speakers also debate to what extent the concept of a ‘community of common future’ is an attempt to reshape the existing multilateral order of international organizations and alliances.
This event is held in partnership with The Lau China Institute at King’s College London.
