French artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) presented the life cycle of human beings 
with a dreamlike and poetic approach in a painting he considered a masterpiece.

It begins with a baby on the right and ends with a shriveled old woman on the 
left. The title asks: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

President Xi Jinping provided China's answer to Gauguin's questions in a 2017 
UN speech.

"Pass on the torch of peace from generation to generation, sustain development 
and make civilization flourish: this is what people of all countries long for; 
it is also the responsibility statesmen of our generation ought to shoulder. 
And China's proposition is: build a community of shared future for mankind and 
achieve shared and win-win development."

A human community with a shared future belongs to all humans, respects 
sovereignty and rejects an unequal system in which the weak depend on the 
powerful. 

China's notion of such a community combines the Western concept of destiny that 
stresses inevitability and the Indian (Buddhist) concept that tilts towards 
fortuity.

Autonomy is a prerequisite. Based on this, it transcends differences in 
national interests. Common interests follow common responsibilities that lead 
to a shared future.

In a decentralized world, humans need a guiding principle. This is where a 
human community with a shared future comes into play.

The concept includes three missions:

First, advance the common global development, promote the common revival of 
human civilizations and unite peoples across the world.

Second, offer a Chinese solution to problems facing humankind. Under this 
concept, autonomy over destiny transcends core-periphery dependency, common 
destiny trumps interdependency and the notion of a human community with a 
shared future prevails over paradoxes.

Third, the new era defined by AI and IoE makes the leap from cultural exchanges 
to innovation possible. This paves the way for a future where the theory of 
linear evolution is out of place, Western-centrism is rejected and 
anthropocentrism no longer holds sway. 

These ideas are at the heart of a global community with a shared future.

Building it is not a hollow slogan, but achievable through the Belt and Road 
Initiative, a new form of international relations and a global connectivity 
partner network. 

The interconnection of humans accentuates control, rather than passive 
acceptance over destiny.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-26/A-human-community-with-a-shared-future-China-s-answer-to-Gauguin--10zuadU9s2Y/index.html


SOURCE:CGTN

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