The news of Saudi Arabia and Iran agreeing to resume diplomatic relations in a China-brokered deal made headlines around the world.
"China has succeeded again in its diplomatic mediation between two arch rivals in the Middle East. Unlike the United States and its bullying diplomacy, China has been gradually emerging as a superpower with a predominantly reconciliatory and peace-centric diplomacy," said the Manila Times .
The case not only showed that China is emerging as a trustworthy mediator, but also that it champions the successful practice of implementing the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in the region.
The GSI is an indispensable part of building a community with a shared future.
China has also been following a path of peaceful development and playing a big role in world peacekeeping. So far, it has sent more than 50,000 peacekeepers to aid 25 UN peacekeeping missions, and become the second-largest contributor to the UN peacekeeping budget and the top contributor of peacekeepers among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, according to the Ministry of National Defense of China.