{"id":52571,"date":"2021-06-14T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=74989"},"modified":"2021-06-14T08:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:30:08","slug":"cgtn-a-human-community-with-a-shared-future-chinas-answer-to-gauguin-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/cgtn-a-human-community-with-a-shared-future-chinas-answer-to-gauguin-question\/","title":{"rendered":"CGTN: A human community with a shared future: China\u2019s answer to Gauguin question"},"content":{"rendered":"
BEIJING, June 14, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0French artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) presented the life cycle of human beings with a dreamlike and poetic approach in a painting he considered a masterpiece.<\/p>\n
It begins with a baby on the right and ends with a shriveled old woman on the left. The title asks: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?<\/p>\n
President Xi Jinping provided China’s answer to Gauguin’s questions in a 2017 UN speech.<\/p>\n
“Pass on the torch of peace from generation to generation, sustain development and make civilization flourish: this is what people of all countries long for; it is also the responsibility statesmen of our generation ought to shoulder. And China’s proposition is: build a community of shared future for mankind and achieve shared and win-win development.”<\/p>\n
A human community with a shared future belongs to all humans, respects sovereignty and rejects an unequal system in which the weak depend on the powerful.<\/p>\n
China’s notion of such a community combines the Western concept of destiny that stresses inevitability and the Indian (Buddhist) concept that tilts towards fortuity.<\/p>\n
Autonomy is a prerequisite. Based on this, it transcends differences in national interests. Common interests follow common responsibilities that lead to a shared future.<\/p>\n
In a decentralized world, humans need a guiding principle. This is where a human community with a shared future comes into play.<\/p>\n
The concept includes three missions:<\/p>\n
First, advance the common global development, promote the common revival of human civilizations and unite peoples across the world.<\/p>\n
Second, offer a Chinese solution to problems facing humankind. Under this concept, autonomy over destiny transcends core-periphery dependency, common destiny trumps interdependency and the notion of a human community with a shared future prevails over paradoxes.<\/p>\n
Third, the new era defined by AI and IoE makes the leap from cultural exchanges to innovation possible. This paves the way for a future where the theory of linear evolution is out of place, Western-centrism is rejected and anthropocentrism no longer holds sway.<\/p>\n
These ideas are at the heart of a global community with a shared future.<\/p>\n
Building it is not a hollow slogan, but achievable through the Belt and Road Initiative, a new form of international relations and a global connectivity partner network.<\/p>\n
The interconnection of humans accentuates control, rather than passive acceptance over destiny.<\/p>\n