CHINESE “GOING OUT” POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON RELATIONS WITH SERBIA

AREŽINA PhD Sanja (Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade), sanja_arezina@yahoo.com

Since its inception in 1949, Pr China has functioned in international relations in three capacities: as a great power, a socialist country and a developing country. However, the Chinese prefer to say that China is a “Third World” country. Although the real motives of such statements were often hidden, today, studying Chinese foreign policy, we can say that they have aims to create an enabling environment for fostering good relations with developing countries in order to achieve political, economic, energy and other interests. in a globalized world, at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century Pr China has developed and reformed itself rapidly. it has become the second largest economic power in the world, so it is coming to a position that is increasingly applied the policy of foreign aid. The reasons for this are the desire to increase the sphere of influence compared to the U.S. and the Western powers reducing the significance of dollars in the world, securing energy resources and reducing the impact of Taiwan in international relations. Therefore, the Chinese leadership started a “going out” policy in 2001, which brings developing countries to the forefront. However, while at first it had priority countries in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia after the economic and financial crisis in 2008 the focus of its interest has shifted to Europe. For this reason, it created a Mechanism for cooperation between Pr China and Central and Eastern European countries. Serbia, which is part of this Mechanism, in addition to the existing strategic partnership from 2009, which deepened in 2013, is a leader in the region measured by the Chinese investments and projects initiated.

Keywords: Pr China, developing countries, Third World, “going out” policy, Europe, Serbia