Asian Art

Foreign relations of China

The People's Republic of China (PRC), has full diplomatic relations with 180 out of the other 192 United Nations member states, the Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine. As of 2024, the country has the most diplomatic missions of any state. By law, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has authority over the country's foreign policy. The PRC officially claims it "unswervingly pursues an independent foreign policy of peace". The fundamental goals of this policy are to preserve China's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, create a favorable international environment for China's reform and opening up and modernization of construction, and to maintain world peace and propel common development." An example of a foreign policy decision guided by "sovereignty and territorial integrity" is not engaging in diplomatic relations with any country that recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan), which the PRC does not recognize as a separate nation. The PRC is a member of many international organizations, holding key positions such as a permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. In the early 1970s, the PRC replaced the ROC as the recognized government of "China" in the UN following Resolution 2758. As a nuclear power, China signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the United Nations.

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See also

• ▸Chōju-ji (Kamakura)
• ▸Beer
• ▸Bhaisajyaguru

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