According to the Australian newspaper website reported on February 26, a new study found that China has the world's largest "diplomatic network" -mAbout 274 institutions in the embassy and consulate abroad led the United States, the latter had 271.
It is reported that the global diplomatic index of the Australian Institute of Australia in the Australian Institute of Australia shows that Beijing has a wider diplomatic existence than the United States in Africa, East Asia, Pacific Islands and Central Asia.The two sides are evenly matched in the Middle East and South America.The United States is still leading in Europe, North America and Central America and South Asia.
Ryan Niram, the head of public opinion and foreign policy project of the Roy Research Institute, said that as a means of measuring influence, diplomacy is often overlooked, "but in the strategy of governing the country, diplomacy is never as important as it is now."Essence
He said: "The global diplomatic index shows that governments of various countries continue to invest in diplomacy to projected power and realize their benefits. Geopolical competition has promoted the Asia -Pacific region to become the focus."
The Roy Research Institute had previously released a report saying that the total number of Chinese embassies in China in 2019 exceeded the United States as the world's first.The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said in January 2020 that the role of the Chinese embassy and consulate abroad is to safeguard the interests of the country and the people and develop friendly and cooperative relationships with countries around the world.A spokesman emphasized that the purpose of Chinese diplomacy is to maintain world peace and promote common development.The significant improvement of China's diplomatic influence and the development and growth of the Chinese embassies and consulates abroad are good for world peaceful development and international fairness and justice.(Compilation/Wang Haiyu)
