Abstract
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has made considerable strides forward. Recently its modernization program coupled with a series of reforms has registered success. The record of 1983 is a good illustration. A careful study of China's achievements and challenges shows that the country will move ahead in the years to come. The main points of China's foreign policy are to develop relations with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; to strengthen solidarity with the other Third World countries and to promote friendship with the people of all countries; and to oppose hegemony and safeguard world peace. The steady and sustained development of friendly relations between China and the United States is not only in the interests of the two peoples, but also of great benefit to the maintenance of world peace and the promotion of human progress. The potential is great, but obstacles such as the Taiwan question need to be removed.
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