The piece argues China is moving beyond sharp‑tongued diplomacy to build overlapping initiatives—Global Development, Security, Civilizational, and a new Global Governance Initiative—knitting together the Global South and Eurasia around the SCO. Rather than formal alliances, Beijing is assembling functional arrangements to coordinate markets, energy, and norms as a counterweight to Western institutions.
— If China is actively building a parallel governance system, rule‑writing, alignments, and global standards could shift away from U.S.‑centric bodies.
David Rose
2025.09.14
50% relevant
The article describes the United Front Work Department’s overseas operations and CCP‑linked capital acquiring UK schools, which fits the pattern of Beijing building parallel influence architectures outside formal alliances to shape foreign institutions.
Nathan Gardels
2025.09.12
100% relevant
Xi’s reported launch of a 'Global Governance Initiative' at the Tianjin SCO summit and the Xi–Modi–Putin handclasp presented as a non‑West 'steering committee.'
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