Leon Trotsky,founder of the Soviet Red Army,once lamented "You may not be interested in war,but war is interested in you".1 His words are highly relevant to crisis public diplomacy today.Although not enough attention is paid to it,crisis public diplomacy is destined to become vital and complementary to other diplomacies in an era of frequent crisis.It plays a prominent role in domestic diplomatic strategies and appears to be very conspicuous in international affairs.This was clearly indicated in the report made by former General Secretary Hu Jintao at the 18th Congress of the CPC (Communist Party of China),as follows:"At present,as the global,national and our Party's conditions continue to undergo profound changes,we are faced with unprecedented opportunities for development as well as risks and challenges unknown before."2