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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
THE BRICS SUMMIT that recently ended on the Chinese isle of Hainan was, without exaggeration, one of the most important events of the year for Chinese diplomacy. It can only be compared to Hu lintao's visit to the USA. Such a comparison is apt, because Beijing tried to outline its new approach to foreign policy in the course of these two events. In this context, the word "new" refers not to qualitative change but to the restructuring and readjustment of already existing mechanisms. Such a conclusion, bold though it may seem, is backed up by solid arguments. The need to take a more active stance has begun to be discussed in Chinese society and the press, while recent events have shown that it is becoming increasingly difficult for China to remain an onlooker in international events. Thus Beijing, with its typical pragmatic sense, has decided not to jump recklessly into the water but to begin by analyzing different possibilities and choosing a balanced mechanism for coming out into the global limelight. One of the latter's elements should be BRICS.
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