Chinese foreign policy also prioritized legitimacy after 1989, with the regime hoping to reassert its authority globally by expanding China’s participation in international organizations. Chinese leaders embraced the cooperative nature of the post-1945 European process, but simultaneously took the Russian lesson to heart: the West would not yield merely to good intentions.
1989年之后，中国的外交政策也将合法性放在了其优先位置，该国政权希望通过增加中国在国际组织中的参与程度、以此在世界范围内重塑其权威。中国领导人既对1945年之后、欧洲进程中的合作本质加以了接受，同时也将俄国的教训牢记于心：西方不会仅仅因为善意，便作出让步。