Chinese president says Olympics show country’s peace-loving image
Aug 2nd, 2008 by Ted Liptak
The Olympics will showcase China’s peace-loving image and its determination to embrace peace, President Hu Jintao told foreign journalists here on Friday.
Hu made the comments during a group interview with journalists from 25 international media organizations. He said the Games were “a grand activity of peace and friendship” in response to a question from an Aljazeera reporter.
The president was asked whether China worries that a successful Beijing Olympics, which could enhance China’s national strength, would intensify the so-called “China Threat” theory. His response was that China is still the biggest developing country in the world despite its remarkable progress in modernization over the past 30 years.
The problems China faces in its development process are unusual, he said.
“We will build a comprehensive welfare society benefiting a billion of our population, so as to realize national modernization and the common good of all Chinese people. China still has a long way to go,” Hu said.
China has explicitly announced that it observes a defensive military policy and will never seek hegemony or military expansion. China will unswervingly adhere to the road of peaceful development and the opening-up strategy aimed for mutual benefits, Hu said.
The president said Chinese people wish to join hands with people across the globe to build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.
Xinhua
