Xi’s first significant international initiatives – making Russia his first official visit abroad, followed immediately by his attendance at the BRICS summit in South Africa – suggest that China may be seeking to place its relations with the world’s most powerful emerging countries on a par with its US diplomacy. Indeed, this possibility is supported by Xi’s recent statement about relations with India, which he termed “one of the most important bilateral relationships” for China.
新德里——在新任主席习近平领导下，中国是否正在谋求与美国“亚洲核心”政策相对应的外交核心政策？习上任后将俄罗斯选为首次正式出访的目的地，之后又即刻赶赴南非出席金砖四国峰会，这些重大的国际举措均表明中国有可能将与世界最大新兴国家的关系提升至与中美关系同等的地位。其实，习最近发表的中印关系声明证实了上述猜测，他称中印关系是中国“最重要的双边关系”之一。