The Chinese term renlei mingyun gongtongti, cited frequently by President Xi Jinping, poetically describes the Chinese vision of a future, global community, shared by the peoples of the world. While its precise rendering in English remains a matter of some discussion, including “a community with a shared future for mankind/humanity,” “a global community of shared future” and “a human community with a shared future,” and despite the term having evolved conceptually over the past years, its current meaning is quite clear.
The term in part was first introduced in official lexicon during the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress in 2007. Initially, its conception expressed the Chinese Government’s belief in the common
