Eric needed all his
diplomacy to settle their quarrel.
埃里克出尽所有交际手段才平息了他们的争吵。
Tom is a policymaker of
diplomacy.
汤姆是个外交政策制定者。
Editor's note: A survey among China Daily's overseas readers ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China shows that the nation's ecological progress, economy, diplomacy, science and technology, and the Belt and Road Initiative are among some of the most closely observed issues.
编者按：在中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会召开之前，对《中国日报》海外读者进行的一项调查显示，中国的生态进步、经济、外交、科技和“一带一路”倡议倡议是最受关注的问题之一。
Xu described it as "a milestone in cultural prosperity and corporate diplomacy, as well as a demonstration of Poly's prominent role in cultural exchanges between China and the United States".
"Trade communication plays a role in national diplomacy.
The country is now a responsible and influential nation in the world in terms of its economy, diplomacy and culture.
Dubbed the "drink of diplomacy", Moutai remains the most popular brand of baijiu among Chinese political and business leaders for official receptions or other events.
The two-day gathering was jointly held by the China Institute for Reform and Development, China Daily and the China Public Diplomacy Association.
Wu Hailong, president of the China Public Diplomacy Association, said that China should by no means simply replicate the opening-up steps adopted in the past several decades.
For instance, Indian scholar Brahma Chellaney published an article in January 2017 saying that China was pursuing a policy of "debt-trap diplomacy" through the BRI.
Apart from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese scholars, leaders and officials from a slew of BRI participating countries have publicly rebuffed the fallacious claims regarding China's "debt-trap diplomacy".
Through extensive research on the so-called "debt-trap diplomacy", we have found that the BRI has led to opportunities and common growth, rather than a trap, for the participating economies, and some unique phenomena have resulted from the initiative.
Quite a few opposition parties in countries involved in the BRI had employed the debt-trap diplomacy rhetoric as a political tool in their election campaigns to challenge political rivals in order to garner votes.
Therefore, rather than accuse China of engaging in "debt trap diplomacy", the Western world should focus more on enhancing the debt management capabilities of these indebted countries, strengthening international negotiations and cooperation in debt governance, and providing comprehensive and systematic solutions for tackling debt crises, so as to help the indebted countries achieve economic recovery and improve their development capabilities.
Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, said during the opening plenary session that China has made remarkable achievements in economy, social development, diplomacy and other areas.
The two foreign ministers held the sixth round of China-Germany Strategic Dialogue on Diplomacy and Security in Beijing during Baerbock's first official visit to the country.
Since the BRI was first proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013, the ambition is still the right sentiment going forward, said former World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, who is also partner and vice-chairman of private equity fund Global Infrastructure Partners, thus rejecting the notion of "debt trap diplomacy" as groundless.
Sun Xingjie, a professor of international relations at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong province, said China's diplomatic activities with other countries are expected to open up new prospects, as China has pressed the "acceleration button" on its diplomacy.
When asked what they wanted to know about China's diplomacy, 15.75 percent of survey respondents chose China-US ties as their main interest.
Against that backdrop, Wu Hailong, president of the China Public Diplomacy Association, said that promoting opening-up and cooperation remains the overwhelming choice for China to participate in global competition, adding that the nation should focus on carrying out cooperation and expanding markets in emerging economies and developing countries.
Taking place both online and offline, the forum was organized by the China Institute for Reform and Development, Bank of China, China Daily and the China Public Diplomacy Association.
"Speeding up flows of products and production factors, the implementation of the pact can propel economic recovery and growth in the region," said Wu Hailong, president of the China Public Diplomacy Association.
Wu Hailong, president of the China Public Diplomacy Association, warned of challenges and uncertainties, such as the impact of the pandemic.
Twenty-two embassies, including that of Russia and Azerbaijan, along with international organizations in China such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and World Intellectual Property Organization, were given the "Contribution Award", "Love Award" and "Diplomacy Award" during the ceremony.
He said diplomacy needs a multi-faceted outlook to go beyond the traditional way in the 21st century and a post-COVID-19 world.
"As we expanded our business to Sweden, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, our team also played a role in advancing people-to-people diplomacy.
The forum was co-hosted by the CIRD, the Bank of China, China Daily and China Public Diplomacy Association.
The China International Import Expo has proved to be a great platform for civil diplomacy and can promote friendly exchanges among different peoples, said diplomats, scholars and businesspeople during a recent seminar in Shanghai.
"Exchanges between scholars, businessmen and innovators, and people-to-people diplomacy are the drivers of the long-standing friendship between Italy and China," he said, adding that a cultural exchange pavilion designed by Aldo Cibic, a famous Italian designer based in Shanghai, will be showcased at this year's expo along with three commercial pavilions that showcase Italy's expertise in biomedicine, green technology and jewelry.
"Media can write more readable articles for the public and become the supplement to official government diplomacy," Surojo said, adding that public communication will be the key to deliver government policy after the signing of the RCEP.
There have been persistent attacks on the Belt and Road Initiative, with repeated claims of "debt-trap" diplomacy, Dodwell added.
They find "the debt-trap diplomacy thesis is more a myth than a reality".
China and Russia are facing an urgent task, that is, building a system which could solve various problems and create a positive and beautiful future for society and diplomacy of the two countries, Cherkesova added.
In a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency, Ong welcomed China's position that the country continues to regard ASEAN as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy and a key region in high-quality Belt and Road Initiative cooperation.
It was jointly organized by the China Institute for Reform and Development, Bank of China and the China Public Diplomacy Association.
Wu Hailong, chairman of the China Public Diplomacy Association, called for institutional opening-up in terms of rules, regulations and standards while advancing higher-level opening-up that facilitates international cooperation and competition.
During the conference, issues such as global trends in the development of the fuel and energy sector, energy diplomacy of Turkmenistan, the implementation of the TAPI gas pipeline, attracting investment in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea and prospects for gas chemical projects will be discussed, along with other topics.
Although the accusation of "debt trap" diplomacy has been discredited as groundless, Chinese loans, on average, account for around 10 percent of total external debt in African countries.
Communication channels with other countries including diplomacy, tourism and business should be made full use of, the draft said.
For PorkColombia, Duque's state visit to China marks the beginning of high-level economic diplomacy between the two nations.
Among them, Ningxia Xixia King Wine has been dubbed the wine of diplomacy.
At an event hosted by the China Public Diplomacy Association on Friday, Chinese officials said that the Global AI Governance Initiative proposed by China has provided constructive solutions to the widely concerned issues of AI development, security and governance.
"It is another example of the United States abusing its national power and relying on technological hegemony to engage in coercive diplomacy," Zhao said.
To solve this problem, China is engaged in all-round financial diplomacy to deepen international financial cooperation.
At the news conference, Wang defined the vision as "a core concept of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy" and "an overall goal relentlessly pursued by the (country's) major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics".
He said the vision is being enshrined in various aspects of China's diplomacy and actions, including advancing the Xi-proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative, as well as jointly building the Belt and Road.
China's role in multilateralism and multilateral diplomacy was also in focus at the news conference, with a reporter asking whether China would attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting hosted by the United States in San Francisco in November.
Multilateral diplomacy is an important way for China to participate in global governance and promote the building of a global community with a shared future, said Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
"Oxynitrides are now a major airborne hazard," he said at an event organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association.
Xia Liping, professor of diplomacy at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, said that the increasing numbers of Chinese workers around the world are facing mounting security risks.
China's approach to modernization and high-quality development embedded with a scientific foundation and in harmony with nature offers far-reaching impetus to global development in a more sustainable and peaceful manner, Melaku Mulualem, senior international relations and diplomacy researcher at the Ethiopian Institute of Strategic Affairs, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Vasily Kashin, director at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, said the head-of-state diplomacy provides guidance for the two countries' governments at all levels to overcome difficulties and push forward cooperation in all fields.
Ivan Melnikov, first vice-chairman of Russia's State Duma, the country's Lower House, said that the head-of-state diplomacy is a new type of relationship, with both countries entering a new era and having an impact on the future of the world.
People-to-people diplomacy, cultural exchanges, social interactions, party cooperation and the cooperation of nongovernmental organizations, along with the diplomatic relations of governments with each other and the interactions of governments within the framework of the UN, can provide the basis for the end of extremism, violence, war and bloodshed and lead humanity to a new direction for development.
In a speech on China's diplomacy delivered on Dec 25, Wang Yi, who was then foreign minister and is now director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, said Beijing will stay committed to a Chinese path to modernization, not only creating a new form of human advancement, but also providing new choices for developing countries.
He put forward a series of views about the development path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and had an in-depth understanding about how to advance socialist construction in the fields of economy, politics, culture, national defense, diplomacy and strengthening the Party as well as about national reunification.
Amid profound changes of the international situation, Jiang put forward a series of concepts about China's diplomacy.
No matter how the international landscape evolves, China must stay committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and the purpose of China's diplomacy is to uphold world peace and promote common development, he said.
Chen Xulong, a professor of multilateral diplomacy and UN reform studies at the University of International Business and Economics' School of International Relations, said the Chinese path to modernization is "an encompassing, innovative concept", which includes and presents the country's fresh ideas and belief in diplomacy.
As a major country, it is also of great significance for the practices and innovation of China's diplomacy, Chen said.
Fan Jingyuan, a postgraduate student at Peking University's School of International Studies, said that as someone who aspires to become a diplomat, she will work harder to learn about the Party and country's theories of diplomacy.