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Since modern times, China has been endeavoring to achieve two unfinished transformations: from “China seeing the world” to “China seen by the world”; from a “looker-on” of the international system to its “participant”. With the width and depth of participation in international institutions as its standard, the process is related not only to the future of China but also that of the world.

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Men, H. (2020). China’s Participation in International Institutions. In: China's Grand Strategy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4257-2_4

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