Xi Jinping’s Community of Shared Future and China’s Behaviour: A View from Indonesia

034 – 25 March 2024 The authors' views are their own and do not represent the official position of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of the S. [...] This paper aims to discuss the thoughts underpinning the CSFM, based on the official document of the Chinese State Council titled A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions (China’s Proposals and Actions, for short), and contrast them with China’s strategic behaviour. [...] The Marxist analysis of these asymmetrical relations resonates in the China’s Proposals and Actions document’s criticism of the global injustice caused by the hegemonic system. [...] Three Main Contradictions in the History of the People’s Republic of China Events The Theorised Contradictions The 8th Party Congress The need for building the industrial state versus the (1956) reality of an underdeveloped agrarian state; the people’s need for economic and cultural development versus the failure of economic production The 6th Plenary Session The backward social production versus. [...] Only if China resolves the conflicting principles in the CSFM and stays true to its anti-hegemonic rhetoric, compliance with international law, and the principle of mutual benefit can the CSFM enjoy wider acceptance.