The Diplomatic Thought Of Zhou Enlai's "Seeking Sameness But Keeping Difference" And The Chinese Diplomacy Practice

"Seeking sameness but keeping difference"was raised by Premier Zhou Enlai In April 1955 the Asia-Africa Conference, in order to seek the unity and cooperation among countries of Asia and Africa ,promote a diplomatic criterion which between Asia and Africa various countries the mutual understanding. For more than 50 years China diplomacy and international relations' practice indicated that"seeking sameness but keeping difference"was the same that the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence which earlier Chinese, Myanmar and India leaders advocaced , as was the different social system, the different level of development, the different ideology and historical, the cultural tradition national competition coexistence, and the important guarantee for world peace. The Thought of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"plays the unreplaceable role to China's diplomatic enterprise and is a Chinese diplomacy thought important component.This article from thinking of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"the background and the theory origin, author thinks that the diplomatic thought of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"is the need to deal with for peace diplomacy and diplomatic relations between the Asian and African countries .Asia-Africa Conference was held for the"seeking sameness but keeping difference"providing an opportunity; the thought of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"origins in China traditional culture and it is dialectical materialism thought manifestation.This article has discussed the rich content of the thought of"seeking sameness but keeping difference". Aspects and so on social system, life style have the difference, therefore waning"to save different". If we deny that"saves different", there is not the union possibility and unable to track down the common benefit and the goal. For different countries and the joint "of differences" are inevitable."Asks with"and"saves different"are the dialectical relations.The production and the developing process of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"that instructs our country diplomacy practice the process. Under the thought of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"instruction, Deng Xiaoping utilized"one country two systems"to solute successfully Hong Kong and Macao question; In order to solve the territory conflict, proposed"the placement dispute, develops together"mentality; the thoughts of"the respect of the maintenance world multiplicity"and"the harmonious world"are China's new generation of collective leadership to be right application. In dealing with international relations and domestic affairs ,"seeking sameness but keeping difference"is flexible and pragmatic attitude. So far raised from 50 years of practice shows that the idea has a wealth of practical and theoretical significance .Research on"seeking sameness but keeping difference"the principle can not only provide the reality guiding principle to process China with the surrounding countries and the Western developed country relational question, may also open the new situation to world questions and so on existence ethnic conflicts, regional conflict, territory dispute now. For this reason, the author tries to introduce that the Communist Party of China"seeking sameness but keeping difference"the diplomatic principle historical evolution process, in order to verify the accuracy which the diplomatic principle of"seeking sameness but keeping difference"by the massive facts, finally it is promoted the application of the principle of diplomacy to resolve the ethnic conflicts in today's world, regional conflicts, territorial disputes and other issues .