BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The international community has lauded
Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at the Sept. 3 V-Day parade on
Tian'anmen Square in the heart of Beijing, saying that Xi's speech
highlighted China's dedication to maintaining peace and stability.
Many overseas leaders and experts believe that Xi's speech shows
China's willingness to continuously assume the responsibility as a
world
power and to promote peace and prosperity across the world.
CHINA AS A RESPONSIBLE POWER
Indrananda Abeysekera, president of the Association for Sri Lanka-
China Social and Cultural Cooperation, said he believes that Xi's
speech
demonstrates the confidence, strength and resolve of China,
as a
responsible major country, in promoting global peace.
China holds grand ceremonies to celebrate the victory of the World
Anti-Fascist War because it wants to bear in mind history, safeguard
peace and urge all nations to stand together and fight against any
violence threatening the security of the international community,
Abeysekera said.
In addition, it shows that China can follow through its promise to
maintaining the path of peaceful development when Xi announced
a plan to
cut China's armed forces by 300,000 troops in his speech
at the V-Day
parade, added Abeysekera.
Abayas Abylayuly, a researcher on international relations at the
Kazakh Humanities and Law University, said that Chinese president's
speech highlighted China's love for peace and stability.
Now China has emerged as an indispensable force for maintaining
world
peace and its decision to downsize the armed forces gives eloquent
proof that it is a responsible world power that keeps its promises,
Abylayuly
added.
Abdullah Alkowaitleet, editor in chief of Saudi King Alfaisal
Cultural
Research Center, said China has always been a peace-loving and
civilized
nation throughout its history and today, and that as the
second largest
economy in the world, China has once again shown the
world its peaceful
nature by reducing as many as 300,000 troops.
Alkowaitleet said he hopes that China can continue playing its role
as a
responsible power in international affairs, and making
contributions to
peace and prosperity in Asia.
China is a responsible world power as well as an important defender
of
world peace, said Raul Manchaca, a senior commentator with Cuba's
Radio Reloj, adding that Xi's speech is inspiring to all nations, as
peace
and security is a common mission for all that demands the maximum
effort from every nation.
Oh Ei Sun, a senior fellow with S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies of Singapore Nanyang Technological University, said that Xi's
announcement to cut Chinese troops proves the Asian giant's sincerity
over peace.
RESOLVE TO STICK TO PATH OF PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT
China hopes that its military downsizing can revive the virtuous
circle of
disarmament in the world and countries can join hands and
allocate more
of their resources on developing economy, Oh said.
South African President Jacob Zuma said China, as a major power, has
consistently used its strength "for defending peace and security
globally
and not for aggression."
Millions of Chinese lost their lives when defending their country during
World War II, he said.
"Despite this devastation, China emerged as among the world's key
nations
and utilized its political influence and economic power to build
friendships
with other nations," he added, recalling that China played
an important role
in supporting liberation movements on the African
continent.
The president said China has a historical relationship with Africa,
noting that
the time has come to give real impetus to the partnership by
enhancing
industrialization and infrastructure development on the
African continent.
Falk Hoehn, president of the University of Applied Sciences
Stralsund,Germany,
said he was impressed by the message of peace sent by
Xi, especially
his remarks that "China will never seek hegemony or
expansion."
"That is why I think the clear statement made by Xi that China poses no threat
is very important," Hoehn said.
Banzragch Munkhtuul, director of the Mongolian newspaper Mongolyn
Medee,
said the world is still facing many factors that threaten peace
and security.
Xi's stress that China will always stick to the path of peaceful
development
signalled a clear message to the whole world, in the hope of
jointly safeguarding
the hard-won peace after the war, Munkhtuul said.
Benjamin Robles Montoya, a senator from the left-leaning Democratic
Revolution Party of Mexico, said that over the last seven decades, China
has shown its commitment to development and global cooperation.
"I salute President Xi's commitment to peace and I condemn past
actions
that sought to hurt the Chinese people and that must never be
allowed to
happen again," he said.
Mohamed el Ghali, a professor of politics at Cadi Ayyad University of
Morocco, said China consistently advocates peaceful development.
Xi's announcement on the country's decision to cut troops again
reminded
the whole world that countries should devote more attention to
development
rather than arms race, he added.
He said China, a victim of Fascist and colonial aggressions, has not
only
achieved huge development, but also helped developing nations,
especially
African countries, realize prosperity and progress.
Peter J. Li, a tenured professor at University of Houston, said the
announcement on the troops cut was a highlight in the V-Day Parade,
which
displayed China's defense capability in safeguarding its
territorial sovereignty
and people's well-being, instead of a threat to
peace.
Through this action, Li said, China declared its determination for
international
peace, cooperation and common development to the whole
world.
Pui Jeng Leong, director of the Brunei edition of Malaysia's
Chinese-language
newspaper United Daily News, said Xi's speech showed a
determination for
peaceful development and friendly coexistence with
other countries by
commemorating the war history.
Xi stressed that China has no intention for hegemony and will stick
to peaceful
development and common prosperity, he recalled, adding that
the speech made a
strong response to different voices on China's
development from the outside
world.
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