Important Remarks

We are both internationalists and patriots. Our slogan is to fight the invaders in order to defend our own country. Only when we fight for our country, can we defeat the enemy and liberate our nation. Only when the nation is liberated, can the proletarians and the working class be liberated. When China wins and the invading imperialists are defeated, we will also have helped the people abroad. Therefore, patriotism in our national liberation war is implementation of internationalism.

——Mao Zedong

The Chinese people are for patriotism, but we also have international perspective and vision. With the development of our economy, we will shoulder more international responsibilities that are within our ability, so as to contribute more to world peace and development. China will adhere to peaceful development. And we hope that all countries will do the same and enhance mutual exchanges and mutual learning between different nations and civilizations, so as to achieve common progress and to promote a peaceful, prosperous and harmonious world.

——Remarks by Xi Jinping at a press conference, the Great Hall of the People, March 19,2013 Quotations