A popular topic among the Chinese media and academics at present is how we can win a wider audience and gain more discourse power when it comes to giving our views on international affairs.
Such discussion is beneficial. We need to deal with the ever-changing circumstances and international political climate to form our own self-consistent and intellectually plausible narratives.
We need to start taking the initiative to come up with our own theories and break the existing pattern of passively following other countries' thoughts and suggestions.
Gaining an audience is not to be equated with attention seeking, which excludes the level of respect the first concept entails. We can voice our opinion, loudly and decisively whenever we wish, but disregarding the interests of the audience can only makes us sound rude, and off-key.
I see our close-minded self-centeredness as the key reason for China's inability to participate equally in international discussion. It seems that for a long time, we have only been willing to engage in talks that directly relate to our own interests.
Unless we break away from this pattern of provinciality, and start to pay due attention to other countries, we will continue to be excluded from the international arena.
Being willing to openly discuss the issues of other countries is fundamentally different from intervention. Based on the evidence we collected ourselves, our analysis and recommendation may be useful or not; the goal is to help out for the benefit of others.
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