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The non-interference principle, as one of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, won China the reputation as the champion of the world’s newly independent nations in the mid-1950s. But nowadays it brings China the reputation as a patron of pariah states and is viewed as an excuse for China to resist outside criticism on its human rights situation. Why does the same principle suffer opposite treatments across this time? Is non-interference still a basic principle in rising China’s foreign policy? Is it time to abandon such an unwelcome principle? I answer the above questions through examining the evolution of the non-interference/nonintervention principle in China’s foreign policy and in international law. I suggest China be open to other countries’ soft interference and use it constructively in international communications. On the other hand, China should continue its limited and conditional support for forcible intervention.