Mao Zedong’s Diplomatic Thoughts And Its Contemporary Value Research

Firstly, the paper analyzes the emergence and formation of Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts basing on the theoretical origin and realistic grounding. We think the Marxism’s diplomatic principles and Chinese traditional culture are the theoretical source of Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts. What’s more, Mao Zedong was always adhering to the basic principles that include “the law of the unity and opposite” and “the essence of the Marxism’s concrete analysis with concrete problems and contradictions. Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts have absorbed the Chinese traditional culture’s spirits which are the thoughts of “As Heaven’s movement is ever vigorous, so a gentleman must ceaselessly strive along”,the idea of “peace” and the political ideas which are “anti-bullying tactics, just be kingcraft.” Moreover,Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts are formed under the background of old China’s weak diplomacy situation and the unpredictably situation at home and abroad.Then, taking the time as a boundary, this paper would introduce the main contents respectively from the three stages that are Anti-Japanese War, the war of liberation and the time after the founding of the PRC. During the Anti-Japanese War,Mao Zedong mainly put forward the ideas of "self-reliance, to establish the international united front", " To develop the civil diplomacy and expand diplomatic affairs". During the war of liberation, the thoughts that are “Be neutral for America”、“seeking international balance constraints with the theory of ‘middle ground’” are put forward. During the time after the founding of the PRC, “three foreign policies”、“the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence”、“the two middle grounds”、“A line, the vast”were advocated.Setting these researches as the foundation, we will try to comprehensively study Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts’ historical function with multi angles. Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts and its practice have created a good environment for the development of Chinese and the world’s socialism, laying an important foundation for Chinese diplomatic theory in the new period, enhancing our country’ s cultural value, promoting the development of our country’s national defense, accelerating the developing process of our country’s diplomacy.Finally take the contemporary principles of Mao Zedong’s diplomatic thoughts’ basic principle and spirits into consideration. We should insist on the diplomatic principles that refer independence is the basic principle. Peaceful coexistence and common development as the guarantee of diplomacy development should be clarified. The flexible diplomatic strategy should be upheld. The diplomatic set-up with multiple relations should be developed.