“why does the un have no sovereignty? the un is different from the eu in this respect. the member states do not have to transfer any part of their state sovereignty to this international organization. for this reason, the un does not have any independent rights. then where do its rights come from? from the member states. there are currently 192 member states, who arc the bosses of the un. among whom, the five permanent members in particular, are the big bosses. it is they, the member states, who

chapter 1the un needs china and china needs the unchapter 2low profile foreverchapter 3china's current international and regionalenvironmentchapter 4opening speech at 2012 china model unitednations conferencechapter 5china will never be a superpowerchapter 6opportunities and challengeschapter 7give china's diplomacy more elbow roomchapter 8diplomacy requires both firmness andflexibility; flexibility is not weaknesschapter 9we need to resolutely defend our coreinterest, but not to amplify itchapter 10mild but firmchapter 11transparency and confidencechapter 12influence is allowed, interference is notchapter 13for the security of the asia-pacific regionchapter 14china's policies towards its neighborschapter 15the development of sino-us relationschapter 16big power relationshipchapter 17rebuilding consensus on r2pafterword