by Yi Xin
For some time, a handful of countries have been peddling a “de-risking” approach toward China, a term coined to signal a policy shift from decoupling.
But de-risking, in fact, is just decoupling in disguise. China’s track record shows the country poses no risk; what it stands for is peace, growth and innovation.
CHAMPION OF PEACE
China has always been a peace-loving country. Back in 1954, China initiated the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Today, it is the only country that pledges “a path of peaceful development” in its Constitution. It is also the only one among the five nuclear-weapon states that makes the promise of no-first-use of nuclear weapons.
China stands as a force for peace. It says explicitly it “will not tread the old path of war, colonization and plunder taken by some countries.” Plus, steady economic growth and long-term social stability for 1.4…
