World's worries addressed

White paper answers concerns of others on China's rise and clarifies new approach of its peaceful development

The State Council Informational Office issued a white paper entitled China's Peaceful Development on Tuesday, which elaborates the inevitability of China's commitment to a road of peaceful development.

The Chinese government published its first white paper on China's peaceful development road in 2005. So why has it been necessary to publish a new white paper on the same subject after just six years and what is new in the latest white paper?