ABSTRACT
In contemporary international relations, the European countries and the United States are the main creators of the UN-led international organization system, and the key interpreters of the prevailing international arms control and disarmament treaties, international trade and anti-dumping provisions, as well as international conventions on human rights and political rights. The analysis of European normative power reminds us that, for many emerging countries including China, it has likely to catch up with the United States in terms of hard power, but it will take much longer to become an international norm-maker. The Chinese ability to participate in and steer the international organizations is left far behind the European countries, especially the old Western capitalist powers. China and India, as leading emerging powers, never got a chance to host the summit, and missed the opportunities to be involved in the reforms of the international financial system and enhance their right to speak.
