The 2002 version of China's Diplomacy was published in Beijing on Wednesday.
China's Diplomacy is the white paper compiled and published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
The paper details China's foreign policy and the Chinese government's views on the current international situation.
It also describes China's foreign relations in the past year.
China's Diplomacy, first published in 1987, issues its annual updated version halfway through the year.
(Xinhua News Agency July 24, 2002)